Active Paradoxical and Pulmonary Emboli in a First Trimester Pregnancy

ABSTRACT

Capturing a paradoxical embolism in real?time has been a challenge in recent literature. We present the unique case of a 33?year?old, G3P2 female at 8 weeks gestation presenting with dyspnea. An active thrombus through an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale was found requiring emergent surgical intervention with a positive outcome. The presence of a deep vein thrombosis, inferior vena caval thrombus, patent foramen ovale, and pulmonary artery thrombi was contemporarily documented. To our knowledge, there is minimal literature with this presentation.