A rare case report of a saddle pulmonary embolism presenting with high grade fevers, responsive to anticoagulation

Medicine
Muhammad SaadMuhammad Adrish

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism can manifest by a myriad of clinical symptoms. High grade fever is a rare presentation of thromboembolic phenomenon. A middle aged woman presented with high grade fevers. Patient remained febrile despite broad spectrum antibiotics. All cultures were negative. CT angiogram of the chest was done, eliciting a large saddle embolus. Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) was administered and subsequently started on anticoagulation. Patient became afebrile 3 days after initiation of anticoagulation and all antibiotics were discontinued. We demonstrate a case of a saddle pulmonary embolism presenting with high grade fevers that responded to anticoagulation. It is imperative to include pulmonary embolism in the differential diagnosis, when presented with high-grade fever in patients with unclear diagnosis.

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Oct 3, 2018·BMJ Open Respiratory Research·Muhammad SaadMuhammad Adrish

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