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A healthy, young varsity football player with chronic symptoms suggestive of bronchitis was diagnosed with a massive pulmonary embolism, highlighting the need to consider this diagnosis in athletes.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the need to consider pulmonary embolism in athletes presenting with persistent respiratory symptoms.
May prompt PE consideration in athletes with persistent respiratory symptoms; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies before practice change.
In brief: Pulmonary embolism in young adults is rare and is usually associated with trauma or underlying illness. Effort thrombosis and pulmonary embolism can occur in otherwise healthy individuals, usually after strenuous or repetitious exercise. The majority of cases are acute, and the diagnosis is evident. The authors report a case of pulmonary embolism in a healthy, young, varsity football player whose symptoms were chronic and suggestive of bronchitis. The case is presented to emphasize the need to consider this diagnosis in athletes with persistent respiratory symptoms.
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Johnson et al. (1984) conducted a case report in Pulmonary embolism (n=1). A healthy, young varsity football player with chronic symptoms suggestive of bronchitis was diagnosed with a massive pulmonary embolism, highlighting the need to consider this diagnosis in athletes.
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