title: [Leg pain, dyspnea].
abstract: A 59 year old patient with leg pain and dyspnea was hospitalized for suspected deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The clinical, scintigraphic and radiological findings confirmed the diagnosis. Immediate therapy with heparin and oral warfarin resulted in an improvement of pain and dyspnea within a few days. The strategy for diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätspital Zürich.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Franzeck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greminger
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Beinschmerzen, Dyspnoe.