Coexistence of pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, and persistent left superior vena cava in the same patient.
We report a patient with pulmonary embolism, dissection in the descending and abdominal aorta, and persistent left superior vena cava. To our knowledge, coexistence of these three clinical entities has never been described before in the same patient.
Elmali
Muzaffer
M
aDepartment of Radiology, Turkey.
Gulel
Okan
O
Bahcivan
Muzaffer
M
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000925:Anticoagulants