Successful pulmonary embolectomy in a 4-year-old girl with antithrombin III deficiency.
We report the case of a 4-year-old girl, successfully treated by surgical pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism. She was known to have a congenital antithrombin III deficiency diagnosed after a familial history of thromboembolic events. Surgical embolectomy may be considered as a treatment option in selected patient with anatomically extensive pulmonary embolism.
Department of Pediatrics, CHU Cote de Nacre, Caen, France.
Nolwenn
N
Jean
Fabien
F
Labombarda
Geoffroy
G
De La Gastine
Olivier
O
Raisky
Younes
Y
Boudjemline
D020152:Antithrombin III Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D056346:Sternotomy; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed