EPILEPTIC ATTACK AS A FIRST SYMPTOM OF PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM
Pulmonary thromboembolism is imitative disease that occupies the attention of doctors of various specialties. This paper presents a case of a young woman in which the first symptom of pulmonary thromboembolism occurs epileptic attack with a deep cerebral coma. Pulmonary thromboembolism is an obstruction of the pulmonary circulation caused by a blood clot. PTE is the third most common cardiovascular disease after ischemic heart disease and stroke. It is imitative disease that occupies the attention of doctors of various specialties. The incidence of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism) in the general population is about 1-2 ‰ per year (1-2 patients per 1000 population per year), while the incidence of hospitalized patients is significantly higher due to the increased risk of venous thrombosis occurs and estimated to about 20%, and even up to 70%. Mortality of pulmonary thromboembolism was in the past and up to 30%, and now mortality is about 2.5%, even 18% if it is followed by shock 1 . The disease occurs depending on age, ranging from 0.03% in patients younger than 50 years, to 0.4% in persons over 50 years 1 . Epidemiological data indicate that more than 95% of cases of pulmonary embolism caused by embolization of the clot from the deep