Chest collaterals
28F, 115Ibs, I take otc vitamin D. In 2022, at 24 weeks pregnant, I developed pneumonia. I went to the er with terrible lung pain/high fever. Couldn’t breath or move like normal because of the pain of my lungs being on fire. The ER dr thought I had a blood clot in my lung. My d-dimer was elevated but I was told that can happen during pregnancy. After a CT, the infection in my lungs was confirmed, but also in my report it said I have right axillary and chest wall venous collaterals likely due to stenosis of right subclavian/axillary vein. This was news to me. I’ve never had a clot. I’ve never had discoloration or swelling of my arm. I asked them what I need to do about this and they said nothing if you’ve never clotted. Basically explaining that these collaterals have allowed my blood to reroute and that it’s fine, til it’s not. I went home and completed my antibiotics for my infection and carried on with life. Had my baby successfully, my son started school. Life just kept rolling and the vein situation wasn’t a true priority for me. Still to this day, I’ve had no clot or anything unusual with my arm. Has anyone seen this without ever clotting? In my CT report it said “likely due to” so no confirmation. I scheduled with my local vascular institute for Monday. But now that I’ve been thinking of this, I swear I’m feeling chest pain on my right side.