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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2016

Postoperative Massive Pulmonary Embolism Due to Superficial Vein Thrombosis of the Upper Limb.

Marco Cascella, Daniela Viscardi, Francesca Bifulco, Arturo Cuomo

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Embolization of chest wall varicosity for Mondor disease manifesting as pulmonary embolism.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2025
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  3. Acute Superficial Vein Thrombosis of the Upper Extremity: A Case Report.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020
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  5. Experimental Study of Phlebitis Ointment Administration in Acute Superficial Thrombophlebitis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marco CascellaDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Endoscopy and Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
Daniela ViscardiDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Endoscopy and Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
Francesca BifulcoDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Endoscopy and Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
Arturo CuomoDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Endoscopy and Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremities is linked to high morbidity/mortality, resulting in 12-20% of all documented pulmonary embolism; however, there are few data about thromboembolism originating from a vein and/or a branch of a superficial vein of the upper extremities. Pulmonary embolism secondary to upper limb superficial vein thrombosis (not combined with upper extremities deep vein thrombosis) is a very rare clinical manifestation with few cases reported in the literature. We report a rare case of thrombophlebitis in departure from a superficial branch of the cephalic vein of the right arm, complicated by cardiac arrest secondary to a massive pulmonary embolism in a patient who underwent major surgery for ovarian cancer. We discuss on the numerous thrombotic risk factors, triggering a cascade of reactions and resulting in a potential fatal clinical manifestation.

Indexed as

Deep venous thrombosisPulmonary embolismPulseless electrical activitySuperficial veinThrombosisUpper extremities

Identifiers

PMID26985256
PMCPMC4780499
OpenAlexW2283019907

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