Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy
All syncopal patients who present to the emergency department should be considered for pulmonary embolism (PE) as part of their differential diagnosis. PE presenting as a syncopal episode and associated with occult uterine malignancy is uncommon. Review of the literature indicates that up to 10% of...
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| description | All syncopal patients who present to the emergency department should be considered for pulmonary embolism (PE) as part of their differential diagnosis. PE presenting as a syncopal episode and associated with occult uterine malignancy is uncommon. Review of the literature indicates that up to 10% of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are diagnosed with cancer in the year following that first episode of VTE. In patients suspected of having a PE who do not manifest any source of an embolism require eventual workup to screen for an occult malignancy. Here, we report a 74-year-old female who presented to the emergency department following an unexplained sudden loss of consciousness and eventually was found to have a massive saddle embolus caused by a uterine malignancy-induced VTE. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2bba093e12254146936e3288d319e8072025-02-03T01:33:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352018-01-01201810.1155/2018/91415299141529Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine MalignancyZulfiqar Qutrio Baloch0Muhammad Ayyaz1Muhammad Hussain2Shabber Agha Abbas3FNU Samreen4Department of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL, USAR-Endocrinology, Hamilton, NJ, USAR-Endocrinology, Hamilton, NJ, USANational Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, PakistanAll syncopal patients who present to the emergency department should be considered for pulmonary embolism (PE) as part of their differential diagnosis. PE presenting as a syncopal episode and associated with occult uterine malignancy is uncommon. Review of the literature indicates that up to 10% of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are diagnosed with cancer in the year following that first episode of VTE. In patients suspected of having a PE who do not manifest any source of an embolism require eventual workup to screen for an occult malignancy. Here, we report a 74-year-old female who presented to the emergency department following an unexplained sudden loss of consciousness and eventually was found to have a massive saddle embolus caused by a uterine malignancy-induced VTE.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9141529 |
| spellingShingle | Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch Muhammad Ayyaz Muhammad Hussain Shabber Agha Abbas FNU Samreen Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy |
| title_full | Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy |
| title_fullStr | Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy |
| title_short | Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy |
| title_sort | syncope an atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism secondary to occult uterine malignancy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9141529 |
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