Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Pulmonary embolism

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Pulmonary embolism includes:

• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - a clot in the legs or pelvis may break off and get to the lungs.
• Surgery
• Injury
• Leg injury
• Bone fractures
• Pregnancy
• Childbirth
• Leg vein blood clot
• Pelvic vein blood clot
• Hughes-Stovin syndrome
• Protein S acquired deficiency - pulmonary embolism
• Antiphospholipid syndrome - pulmonary embolism
• Thromboembolism - Pulmonary embolism
• Protein S deficiency - pulmonary embolism
• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - pulmonary embolism
• Behcet's Disease - pulmonary embolism
• Meadows syndrome - pulmonary embolism
• Antithrombin III deficiency, congenital - pulmonary embolism
• Thrombomodulin anomalies, familial - pulmonary embolism
• Protein C deficiency - pulmonary embolism
• Factor V Leiden mutation - pulmonary embolism
• Pelvic vein thrombosis
• Thrombosis - Pulmonary embolism
• Corticobasal Degeneration - pulmonary embolism
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia - pulmonary embolism
• Congenital thrombotic disease due to protein C deficiency - pulmonary embolism
• Embolism
• Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia - pulmonary embolism
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - lung embolism

Other underlying conditions related to Pulmonary embolism:

• Abnormal sputum
• Atrial fibrillation
• Breathlessness
• Cardiac arrest
• Cardiogenic shock
• Chest pain
• Coin lesion (chest x-ray)
• Cough
• Creatine kinase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Electromechanical dissociation
• Haemoptysis
• Hyperventilation
• Jugular venous pressure raised
• Lactate dehydrogenase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Lung cavity
• Maternal mortality
• Multifocal atrial tachycardia
• P pulmonale
• Pleuritis
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary infarction
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Q waves
• Respiratory failure
• Right bundle branch block
• Right QRS axis deviation
• Right ventricular hypertrophy
• ST segment depression
• T wave inversion
• Troponin T levels increased (plasma or serum)
• Ventricular fibrillation

Source: Diseases Database

Pulmonary embolism as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Pulmonary embolism as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Pulmonary embolism as a complication includes:

• Behcet's Disease
• Clotting disorders
• Corticobasal Degeneration
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia
• Factor V Leiden mutation
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
• Protein C deficiency
• Thromboembolism
• Thrombosis

Pulmonary embolism Causes: Book Excerpts

• Causes - Pulmonary embolism and infarction
• Pulmonary Embolism - risk factors - Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism as a symptom:

Conditions listing Pulmonary embolism as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Pulmonary embolism as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Pulmonary embolism.

• Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Antithrombin III deficiency, congenital
• Congenital thrombotic disease due to protein C deficiency
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
• Meadows syndrome
• Protein S acquired deficiency
• Protein S deficiency
• Thrombomodulin anomalies, familial

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Pulmonary embolism, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Pulmonary embolism. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Pulmonary embolism. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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