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Query: UMLS:C0034065 (pulmonary embolism)
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Bile emboli were found at autopsy in the small pulmonary arteries of a 68-year-old man with a past history of polyposis coli who had required percutaneous transhepatic drainage of his biliary tree because of an obstructing ampullary carcinoma. A communication between the biliary tract and a hepatic vein was shown to be due to the catheter. Eight previously reported cases of bile pulmonary emboli have been found. All but one had a clear history of hepatic trauma or intrahepatic abscess. Bile pulmonary embolism is a rare, occasionally fatal, complication of fistulous communication between the biliary tree and the hepatic venous system.
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PMID:Bile pulmonary embolism: report of a case and a review of the literature. 665 Apr 75

We experienced a patient with severe protein-losing enteropathy and generalized inflammatory polyposis. In addition, this case was complicated by deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk for thromboembolic events, most commonly in the setting of active colitis. However, our patient was in the remission stage. We report the occurrence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism as a complication of inflammatory polyposis and protein-losing enteropathy in the remission stage of ulcerative colitis.
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PMID:Protein-losing enteropathy, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a patient with generalized inflammatory polyposis in remission stage of ulcerative colitis. 2619 86