Diagnóstico de tromboembolia pulmonar aguda por ecobroncoscopia

Torrents, Ana; Llopis Pitarch, Joan; Llavador Ros, Germán

doi:10.1016/j.opresp.2020.03.007

ISSN: 2659-6636

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Mujer de 66 años, exfumadora y con antecedentes de trombosis venosa profunda, que presenta hallazgo de masa parahiliar derecha con adenopatías. La broncoscopia no fue diagnóstica, por lo que se realizó ecobroncoscopia para diagnóstico y estadificación. Se puncionaron adenopatías en 4L, 7 y 4R, sin disponibilidad de citología in situ. Se observó una lesión hipoecoica, redondeada, bien delimitada, en el interior de la arteria pulmonar izquierda, sugestiva de tratarse de un émbolo1 (fig. 1). Se solicitó angio-TC de arterias pulmonares que confirmó el diagnóstico de tromboembolia en la arteria pulmonar principal izquierda y arterias segmentarias del lóbulo superior e inferior izquierdos2. Se inició anticoagulación a dosis terapéuticas. El diagnóstico final fue de carcinoma de células escamosas en estadio T4N3M0 y tromboembolia pulmonar.