This is a case of a 70-year-old patient with no past medical history but a significant family history of cancer, who was admitted with acute pulmonary embolism and left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis concerning malignancy. Further investigations revealed mantle cell lymphoma. This case highlights the complex clinical management of patients presenting with concurrent hematological malignancy and vascular complications.
Keywords: chromosomal translocation; ct (computed tomography) imaging; deep venous thrombosis (dvt); fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish); inguinal lymphadenopathy; mantle cell lymphoma therapies; non-hodgkin lymphoma (nhl); pulmonary emboli; rituximab therapy.
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