Open AccessClozapine‐induced pulmonary embolism in a patient with no pre‐existing risk factors: A case report
Author(s) -
Kwan Jing Yi,
Noor Maha
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5497
Subject(s) - medicine , clozapine , pulmonary embolism , covid-19 , paranoid schizophrenia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , psychosis , psychiatry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We report the case of a 51‐year‐old Caucasian woman who developed a pulmonary embolism in the absence of any pre‐existing risk factors for VTE, 3 weeks following clozapine initiation for treatment resistant paranoid schizophrenia. She was initially misdiagnosed and treated for suspected COVID‐19 infection.