title: Pulmonary embolism from left subclavian vein thrombus following suprapubic prostatectomy.
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the axillary and subclavian veins accounts for approximately 1-2 percent of all recorded deep venous thrombosis. Pulmonary embolism from an upper extremity DVT has been reported to vary between 2 percent and 35.7 percent. We report the occurrence of a left subclavian vein DVT with subsequent nonfatal pulmonary embolism in a sixty-two-year-old patient twenty-four hours following suprapubic prostatectomy. A review of the literature is presented, along with pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Cos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ouriel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013350:Subclavian Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors