Acute saddle pulmonary embolism: A rare complication of mycoplasma pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background/introduction

Mycoplasma pneumonia affects 1% of the population in the United States. The majority of patients infected with Mycoplasma experience upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, and about 10% of patients infected with Mycoplasma develop pneumonia. A rare complication is a pulmonary embolism (PE), which may be life-threatening if not diagnosed early and treated promptly. Our case explores the presentation of Mycoplasma pneumonia complicated by acute saddle PE, an association only reported in the form of case reports globally.

Case presentation

A 75-year-old previously healthy female presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. The patient was found to be in acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to community acquired pneumonia an

SUBMITTER: Chilet F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190873 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature