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- * A case study is presented about a 31-year-old woman with stage IIIa Hodgkin lymphoma who had a previous deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and was later diagnosed with pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot in the heart.
- * The report suggests that doctors should consider offering long-term preventive anticoagulation to cancer patients who have had previous DVT, including those with clots in the upper extremities.
Article Abstract
Patients with cancer are at risk for thrombotic complications due to a hypercoagulable state. However, the benefit of prophylactic anticoagulation is unclear in many subsets of these patients. For the first episode of acute thromboembolic disease (VTE) in patients with active cancer, anticoagulant therapy is administered for at least three to six months. Herein, we present a 31-year-old female with active, recurrent stage IIIa classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) (nodular sclerosis), previously treated for proximal upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), presenting for evaluation of shortness of breath and eventually diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE) secondary to a right atrial thrombus. The patient was successfully treated with surgical resection of the thrombus. With this case report, we hope to encourage physicians to use prophylactic indefinite anticoagulation in patients with active cancer and previous DVT, including patients with upper extremity DVT.
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