A Trilogy of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Brain Metastasis, Kartagener’s Syndrome and its Management with Aspiration Thrombectomy

• DOI: 10.12890/2022_003149
• Publication Date: 2022-03-02T16:35:48Z
• Authors: Vinit Singh; Dhairya Gor; Rana Prathap Pada...; Ali Jaffery; Patrick Lee
• Keywords: submassive pulmonary embolism; R; 610; Articles; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; bleeding risk; 0302 clinical medicine; aspiration thrombectomy; Medicine; resection; 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici); non-small cell lung cancer

Venous thromboembolism is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Given the bleeding risks, determining treatment for malignancy-related thrombosis challenging, especially case submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) because risk-benefit ratio terms risk uncertain. Here we discuss 53-year-old man with Kartagener syndrome situs inversus totalis stage IV non-small cell lung recent brain mass resection, presenting dyspnoea palpitations. The patient was diagnosed PE only underwent suction thrombectomy through left internal jugular vein excellent response. In conclusion, when treating PE, aspiration without thrombolysis preferable to thrombolysis, which may be contraindicated due higher bleeding.