Submassive pulmonary thromboembolism as a first sign of occult adenocarcinoma
1Intensive Care Unit, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Education Hospital, Clinic of Pulmonary Medicine, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey
2Intensive Care Unit, Konya Numune State Hospital, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Konya, Turkey
3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
4Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Subdivision of Intensive Care, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
2Intensive Care Unit, Konya Numune State Hospital, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Konya, Turkey
3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
4Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Subdivision of Intensive Care, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2018; 20(2): 107-110 DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_42_18
Abstract
Venous thromboembolism is one of the most common complications of cancer, which also contributes to mortality in cancer patients. Venous thromboembolism can be observed as the first manifestation of occult cancer. We present the case of a 54-year-old woman with deep vein thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism as the first signs of cancer, who was subsequently diagnosed with disseminated adenocarcinoma, most likely originated from the pancreatico-biliary system.
Keywords: Deep venous thrombosis, occult cancer, pancreas adenocarcinoma, pulmonary thromboembolism
