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León FX, Alba B, Arribas A, García R, García I, et al. (2018) A Rare Case of Pulmonary Embolism Due to Endovascular Coil Embolization and Review of Literature. Int J Respir Pulm Med 5:094. doi. org/10.23937/2378-3516/1410094

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© 2018 León FX, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESSDOI: 10.23937/2378-3516/1410094

A Rare Case of Pulmonary Embolism Due to Endovascular Coil Embolization and Review of Literature

Francisco X León1*, Beatriz Alba2, Álvaro Arribas2, Raquel García2, Isabel García2 and Carlos A Quezada1

1Respiratory Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain

2Radiology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Coil embolization is an effective and safe treatment of pelvic congestion syndrome. Cases of coil pulmonary migration have been reported after pelvic embolization. However, most cases are usually asymptomatic and do not require specific treatment. We present the first case of pulmonary coil migration after pelvic embolization and concomitant acute pulmonary embolism in a symptomatic patient. The patient was treated with standard anticoagulation and conservative measures without incidences after hospital discharge.