AbstractPulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition and in most cases the presentation is typical with h/o pleuritic chest pain, breathlessness and h/o prolonged immobilization. However unusual presentations are not very rare and its awareness can avoid delay in its diagnosis and prevent mortality. A 23 years old male presented to ER with non-specific complaints of right upper quadrant pain and fever for 2 days. His vital signs were within normal limits apart from tachycardia and all initial investigations were normal. Due to his increased breathlessness, Well’s score was checked but it was zero. However D-dimer was done which showed high values 1000ng/ml following which CTPA was performed that showed multiple right sided pulmonary emboli. He was then started on LMWH and Direct thrombin inhibitor and was discharged after 4 days. The purpose of publishing this case is to make physicians aware of the unusual presentations of pulmonary embolism and that too in a patient who did not have any known risk factors.
Keywords: Pulmonary Embolism; Unusual Presentation; Abdominal Pain; S1Q3T3; CTPA; Well’s Score; LMWH; UFH.