Acute Pulmonary Embolism Due to Free-floating Right Atrial Thrombus in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report.
10.4266/kjccm.2011.26.1.24
- Author:
Youn Yi JO
1
;
Yong Seon CHOI
;
Sa Ra SO
;
Shin Ok KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
multiple myeloma;
pulmonary embolism;
right atrial thrombus
- MeSH:
Humans;
Multiple Myeloma;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Thrombosis;
Venous Thrombosis
- From:The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2011;26(1):24-28
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although venous thrombosis is one of the most frequent complications of malignant disease including multiple myeloma, massive pulmonary embolism is an uncommon complication. Free-floating intracardiac thrombus has been rarely reported as a cause of acute pulmonary embolism in patients with multiple myeloma. We report a case presenting acute pulmonary embolism due to free-floating right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple myeloma.
