Massive pulmonary thromboembolism combined with transient thyrotoxicosis in an 18 year old girl

• Main Authors: Tong-Yoon Kim (Author), Sang-Hyun Ihm (Author), Ji Woong Roh (Author), Sungmin Lim (Author), Chan-Seok Park (Author), Hee-Yeol Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is thought to usually stem from deep vein thrombosis (DVT). However, evidence of DVT could not be found in many cases. Furthermore, transient thyrotoxicosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening emergency involving a systemic hypercoagulable s...