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Case Reports
. 2005 Jul;2(7):e197.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020197. Epub 2005 Jul 26.

Pulmonary embolism in a woman taking oral contraceptives and valdecoxib

Elizabeth J Westgate  1 , Garret A Fitzgerald
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Case Reports

Pulmonary embolism in a woman taking oral contraceptives and valdecoxib

Elizabeth J Westgate et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

A 25-y-old woman, who had been on an oral contraceptive pill for 3 years, presented with pulmonary embolism. One month prior to presentation she had been started on valdecoxib for neck pain.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
(A) After inhalation of 20.1 mCi of Xenon-133 gas, scintigraphic images were obtained in the posterior projection, showing uniform ventilation to lungs. (B) After intravenous injection of 4.1 mCi of Technetium-99m-labeled macroaggregated albumin, scintigraphic images were obtained, shown here in the posterior projection. This and other views showed decreased activity in the following regions: apical segment of right upper lobe, anterior segment of right upper lobe, superior segment of right lower lobe, posterior basal segment of right lower lobe, anteromedial basal segment of left lower lobe, and lateral basal segment of left lower lobe.
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