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Pulmonary artery thrombosis in a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome

¹ Department of Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Centre of Infection, University of Hong Kong
³ Department of Radiology, Tuen Mun Hospital
⁴ Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tuen Mun Hospital

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Dr K Y Yuen
Division of Infectious Diseases, Centre of Infection, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; kyyuen{at}hkucc.hku.hk

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease with both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations. Although coagulation abnormalities are common in these patients, clinically overt thromboembolic events are rarely reported. This report describes the first case of pulmonary artery thrombosis in a patient with laboratory confirmed SARS.

Abbreviations: SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; IVIg, intravenous immuonoglobulin; PAT, pulmonary artery thrombosis

Keywords: SARS; pulmonary embolism

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