Incidental pulmonary embolism: A Case Report

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common clinical condition that generally presents with acute dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, cough, hemoptysis, tachypnea, tachycardia and hypoxia. Incidental pulmonary embolism (IPE) is defined as an unsuspected filling defect in the pulmonary arteries identified on CT imaging performed for another indication. This report describes a case of Incidental pulmonary embolism (IPE) detected by CT imaging during the follow-up of a 34-year-old male patient who applied to the internal medicine outpatient clinic with weight loss and gastrointestinal system complaints

Keywords

• pulmonary embolism
• incidental pulmonary embolism
• emergency medicine

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