title: Uterine leiomyomata-related thromboembolic disease: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Venous thromboembolic disease rarely presents as a complication of uterine leiomyomata via inferior vena cava compression.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case associated with venous thrombotic disease and subsequent pulmonary emboli and discuss the complexities of Emergency Department (ED) management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case typifies the challenge of caring for the ill patient with multiple, potentially related disease processes whose treatments may actually conflict with one another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Institute, Torrance, California 90509-2901, USA.
authors.forename: Heather B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Huffman-Dracht
authors.forename: Wendy C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000150:complications*; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*