A case of pulmonary embolism caused by compression of the vena cava by intra-abdominal masses in autosomal polycystic kidney disease

Abstract

Dyspnea can have among other reasons pulmonological and cardiological causes. In cases with intra-abdominal masses such as in severe autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, mechanical occlusion of the vena cava may result in pulmonary embolism.

Keywords: ADPKD; acute medicine; autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; emergency medicine; nephrology; pulmonary embolism.