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Abjad Al Busaidi1, Mustafa Al Balushi2, Nasser Al Busaidi3
1Internal Medicine, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Muscat, OMN.
Abstract:
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that mandates prompt identification and management. The protean and atypical symptomatology of PE can mislead the physician and pose a diagnostic dilemma. Abdominal pain is one such rare symptom that is not commonly encountered in the clinical setting. With the limited availability of literature describing abdominal pain as a symptom of this acute disease, it is pivotal that healthcare workers are aware of this presentation. Herewith, we report a 36-year-old man with no co-morbidities who presented with abdominal pain and subsequent cardiac arrest. He was diagnosed and managed in the emergency department and made a complete recovery.
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