An unusual cause of fatal pulmonary embolism : a case report

Cmor, Nino (author), Dora, Eva (author), Kocjan, Tomaž (author), Lainščak, Mitja (author)

Adrenal tumours invading the inferior vena cava (IVC) are rare but can cause life-threatening complications such as pulmonary embolism. Early recognition, rapid diagnosis, and prompt imaging—including point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), echocardiography, and advanced modalities like CT and PET-CT—are essential for optimal management. We present a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma and secondary adrenal tumour that extended into IVC and caused fatal tumour thrombus pulmonary embolism.

• Language: English
• Keywords: adrenal tumour, inferior vena cava thrombosis, pulmonary embolism
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Other scientific articles
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 5 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 58, art. 102303
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-187784
• UDC: 616.2
• ISSN on article: 2213-0071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2025.102303
• COBISS.SI-ID: 262385667
• Publication date in RUL: 14.09.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Respiratory medicine case reports
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 2213-0071
• COBISS.SI-ID: 519428633

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: tumor nadledvične žleze, tromboza spodnje votle vene, pljučna embolija

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P3-0456
• Name: Celostna obravnava srčnega popuščanja v Sloveniji: od epidemiologije do kliničnih raziskav