Rare presentation form of pulmonary embolism: Right upper quadrant pain

Abstract

To the Editor,Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition withmany different clinic manifestations, including, althoughrarely, abdominal pain. Potential mechanisms behind thisabdominal pain include diaphragmatic pleurisy originatingfrom a pulmonary infarction at the lungs' base andsecondary passive hepatic congestion with acute rightventricular dysfunction (1).