Acute postoperative pulmonary thromboembolism as a result of intravascular migration of a pigtail ureteral stent.
The symptomatic obstruction of a pulmonary arterial branch secondary to the intravascular migration of a pigtail ureteral stent is reported. This iatrogenic complication may cause dyspnea, chest pain, or both after uneventful urologic procedures involving ureteral stents.
Michalopoulos
Argyris S
AS
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Henry Dunant General Hospital, 24-28 Ioustinianou Street, GR-11473 Athens, Greece.
Tzoufi
Maria J
MJ
Theodorakis
George
G
Mentzelopoulos
Spyros D
SD
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*