Case report: a challenging case of bilateral pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis and bleeding uterine fibroids in a resource poor setting in Ghana

Case report: a challenging case of bilateral pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis and bleeding uterine fibroids in a resource poor setting in Ghana

We present a case of a 41-year-old woman previously diagnosed with uterine fibroids, who presented with sudden onset chest pain and breathlessness and severe bleeding per vaginam. A CT Pulmonary Angiogram showed bilateral pulmonary emboli with right basal lung infarction and a Doppler ultrasound rev...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Ayerki Nartey, Elizabeth Tabitha Botchway1, Janice Lovi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAMJ 2020-02-01
Series:PAMJ Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
pulmonary embolism
uterine fibroids
deep venous thrombosis
low resource setting
ghana
Online Access: https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/2/55/pdf/55.pdf

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