Young male's post appendectomy complication of pulmonary thromboembolism

ABSTRACT

The main goal of this report was to share with clinicians an atypical presentation of pulmonary thromboembolism [PTE] in a young male's post-appendectomy, whom he had no significant predisposing factors for such disease. The case also introduced for re-examining the challenges of PTE clinical manifestations which may mimic other differential diagnosis. PTE is an abrupt blockage of the pulmonary artery by a thrombus. Such thrombus is generated by a blood clot which has been formed, separated and migrated from the leg and/or pelvic veins toward the lung. The lung tissue's circulation is impaired which later episode results hypoxia and infarction. These events initiate a set of PTE clinical manifestations