title: Chest discomfort in a patient with cancer.
abstract: Patients with cancer are at higher risk for venous thromboembolism than patients without cancer due to hypercoagulability associated with malignancy. This article describes a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who had chest pain over several weeks caused by multiple pulmonary emboli.
authors.affiliation: Maj. Michael J. Rabener practices in the ED at Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. Maj. Christopher Howell practices in the ED at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rabener
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D017984:Enoxaparin; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D004317:Doxorubicin; D017239:Paclitaxel