Deep venous thrombosis caused by a huge uterine myoma
- Authors
- Lee, D. H.; Kim, C. W.; Kim, S. E.; Lee, S. J.
- Issue Date
- Sep-2012
- Publisher
- MEDCOM LTD
- Keywords
- Female; risk factor; uterine fibroid; venous thrombosis
- Citation
- HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, v.19, no.5, pp 361 - 363
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 361
- End Page
- 363
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/15173
- DOI
- 10.1177/102490791201900512
- ISSN
- 1024-9079
- Abstract
- Cases of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) related to the isolated risk factor of uterine rnyoma are very rare. In a setting of emergency department (ED), it is unlikely that uterine myoma would be suspected as the primary cause of symptoms in a patient with thromboembolism. We presented a 44-year-old woman who visited the ED for DVT presenting with right lower leg swelling with an underlying cause of a huge uterine myoma. Various aetiologies, including obstetric and gynaecological causes (especially uterine myoma), should be considered in female patients visiting the ED with suspected DVT or PTE. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2012;19:361-363)
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