Key result
Optimal medical therapy and right orchidectomy resulted in complete recovery of severe left ventricular dysfunction and disappearance of pulmonary hypertension within 3 months in a 33-year-old male with pulmonary embolism secondary to a testicular germ cell tumor.
Why the study?
Pulmonary embolism from testicular cancer is rarely reported, and isolated left ventricular dysfunction in this context has not been described in the literature.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights an unusual presentation of severe left ventricular dysfunction associated with cancer-related pulmonary embolism in a young adult, which fully recovered with optimal medical therapy and tumor resection.
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May support tumor resection in select young patients with malignancy-associated PE and LV dysfunction; leaves open generalizability beyond case reports.
Elenizi et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Pulmonary embolism, severe left ventricular dysfunction, testicular germ cell tumor (n=1). Optimal medical therapy and right orchidectomy was evaluated on Recovery of left ventricular function and disappearance of pulmonary hypertension. Optimal medical therapy and right orchidectomy resulted in complete recovery of severe left ventricular dysfunction and disappearance of pulmonary hypertension within 3 months in a 33-year-old male with pulmonary embolism secondary to a testicular germ cell tumor.
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