Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

A Case of PE Mimicking Community Acquired Pneumonia and Pulmonary Neoplasm

Abstract

Mais Al-Sardi, Doaa Al-Faifi, Mohammed Hashim Khalafallah and Abdulaziz Nwasser Al-Huraqi*

There are many mimickers to community acquired pneumonia and pulmonary embolism is one of them. It’s important to acknowledge patients complaints and when facing non-resolving pneumonia an alternative diagnosis should be considered. Early diagnosis leads to early treatment which reduces the mortality of PE.