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Pulmonary embolism with myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome and extreme obesity.

Abstract
We here report a case of a 53-year-old woman requiring pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism caused by a huge uterine myoma compressing veins in the pelvis and extreme obesity. She was also diagnosed as having myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome, a rare disease associated with secondary polycythemia. The polycythemia improved after a hysterectomy which was performed after pulmonary embolectomy.
AuthorsS Unosawa, M Hata, A Sezai, T Niino, I Yoshitake, K Minami
JournalThe Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (Thorac Cardiovasc Surg) Vol. 57 Issue 5 Pg. 313-4 (Aug 2009) ISSN: 1439-1902 [Electronic] Germany
PMID19629899 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Embolectomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyoma (complications, surgery)
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity (complications)
  • Polycythemia (complications, surgery)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Neoplasms (complications, surgery)

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