Pulmonary thrombosis, homocysteinemia, and reperfusion edema in an adolescent.
Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and pulmonary thrombosis in situ are rare in childhood and adolescence [1,2]. Unfortunately, these diagnoses may be unsuspected in a pediatric patient with dyspnea and chest pain. This article illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges that arose from unrecognized chronic thrombotic disease in an adolescent.
Wood
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JC
Children's Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 92007, USA. jwood@usc.edu
Maheshwari
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Hellenbrand
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D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment
D006710:Homocysteine; D006493:Heparin