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Young Male’s Post Appendectomy Complication of Pulmonary Thromboembolism
oleh: Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, Hashem Shemshadi, Mahyar Ghafoori
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2013-04-01 |
Deskripsi
The main goal of this report was to share with clinicians an atypical presentation of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in a young male`s post-appendectomy, whom he had no significant predisposing factors for such disease. The case also introduced for re-examining the challenges of PTE clinical manifestations which may mimic other differential diagnosis. PTE is an abrupt blockage of the pulmonary artery by a thrombus. Such thrombus is generated by a blood clot which has been formed, separated and migrated from the leg and/or pelvic veins toward the lung.The lung tissue`s circulation is impaired which later episode results hypoxia and infarction. These events initiate a set of PTE clinical manifestations.