Atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis due to protein S deficiency in a young female with chest pain

Abstract Venous thromboembolism has many risk factors including protein S deficiency, which poses a significant diagnostic challenge as it presents with atypical complaints. A treatable yet potentially fatal condition, acute pulmonary embolism, is currently third most common cause of cardiovascular...

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Main Authors: Saurabh Puri, Ashok Kumar Grover, Ankita Kaur Narula, Pankaj Nand Choudhry, Arjun Prem Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-04-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-022-00124-w