Korean Circulation Journal  2008;38(11):618-621

doi:10.4070/kcj.2008.38.11.618

Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism Associated With Renal Vein Thrombosis While Using Oral Contraceptives.

Gun Hi KANG 1 ; Seung Gu KIM ; Hye Young LEE ; Jun Jae KIM ; Hyun PARK ; Na Na BAIK ; Young Sup BYUN ; Byoung Kwon LEE

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Keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis; Renal veins; Oral contraceptives

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) originating from a renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is very rare, especially in relatively healthy young women. The patient described herein presented with a syncope-associated massive PTE. She was previously healthy, except for termination of an ectopic pregnancy with methotrexate 4 months before. The only medication she was taking was an oral contraceptive (OC), which was started 3 months before the PTE. She had no family history of venous thromboembolism (VTE) or any other underlying risk factors. We report the case of a woman who had a PTE originating from a RVT associated with OC use after an ectopic pregnancy.