Active paradoxical and pulmonary emboli in a first trimester pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: Capturing a paradoxical embolism in real-time has been a challenge in recent literature. We present the unique case of a 33-year-old, G3P2 female at 8 weeks gestation presenting with dyspnea. An active thrombus through an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale was found requiring emergent surgical intervention with a positive outcome. The presence of a deep vein thrombosis, inferior vena caval thrombus, patent foramen ovale, and pulmonary artery thrombi was contemporarily documented. To our knowledge, there is minimal literature with this presentation.

SUBMITTER: Suraci N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9732962 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature