Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy

Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy

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All syncopal patients who present to the emergency department should be considered for pulmonary embolism BODY BALM (PE) as part of their differential diagnosis.PE presenting as a syncopal episode and associated with occult uterine malignancy is uncommon.Review of the literature indicates that up to 10% of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are diagnosed with cancer in the year following that first episode of VTE.

In patients suspected of having a PE who do not manifest any source of an embolism require eventual workup to screen for an occult malignancy.Here, we report a 74-year-old female who presented to the emergency department following an unexplained sudden loss of consciousness and eventually was found to have a massive saddle embolus caused Neff I96BMV5N5B 90cm Stainless Steel Island Cooker Hood by a uterine malignancy-induced VTE.