A case of pulmonary embolism caused by compression of the vena cava by intra‐abdominal masses in autosomal polycystic kidney disease

Clinical Case Reports

Georg Lorenz¹  Lutz Renders¹  Uwe Heemann¹  Christopher Holzmann‐Littig¹  Ming Wen¹ 

[1] Department of Nephrology School of Medicine Klinikum Rechts der Isar Technical University of Munich Munich Germany;

关键词: acute medicine;    ADPKD;    autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease;    emergency medicine;    nephrology;    pulmonary embolism;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ccr3.2852

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Dyspnea can have among other reasons pulmonological and cardiological causes. In cases with intra‐abdominal masses such as in severe autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, mechanical occlusion of the vena cava may result in pulmonary embolism.

【 授权许可】

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