1Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA
*Corresponding e-mail: hoseinnejad@tums.ac.ir
Online published on 1 October, 2020.
Cancer and thromboembolism relationship has been acknowledged for many years. Pulmonary embolism is associated-with significant morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. A more significant line of research needs to be done-to investigate thromboembolism in cancer. Ultrasonography is a reliable diagnostic bedside test for PTE in critically ill and immobile patients. In this review, we want to display a case with both obstructive and hypovolemic shock and how ultrasonography can assist us to diagnose it.
Cancer, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Thromboembolism, Ultrasonography, IVC collapse
