Key result
Pulmonary vein thrombosis complicating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis proves fatal despite maximal medical therapy.
Why the study?
Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a potentially fatal disease that is difficult to diagnose clinically and may mimic pulmonary embolism but requires different investigation and management strategies.
Comparison
Antibiotics and therapeutic low molecular weight heparin treatment
Design
Case report
Authors
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Acute deterioration in IPF may signal pulmonary vein thrombosis; extends sparse case reports but leaves open therapeutic implications.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Highlights a rare case of pulmonary vein thrombosis mimicking pulmonary embolism, associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and thrombophilia.
Cavaco et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Pulmonary vein thrombosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (n=1). Anticoagulation and corticosteroids was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 78-year-old female with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with pulmonary vein thrombosis progressively deteriorated and died from multiple organ failure despite maximal therapy.
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