Right ventricular dysplasia with massive thromboemboli in tuberous sclerosis complex.
A 12-year-old boy visited the emergency room for severe dyspnea. He was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis at 5 years of age, and right ventricular dysplasia was detected at 11 years of age. Thromboemboli in right ventricle and bilateral pulmonary arteries were confirmed with two-dimensional echocardiography and computed tomography. We report the case of a patient with tuberous sclerosis who presented with huge thrombi in a dysplastic right ventricle and massive bilateral pulmonary thromboemboli without evidence of a cardiac tumor.
Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1 Anamdong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
Yong-Hyun
YH
Kim
Gi Young
GY
Jang
Chang Sung
CS
Son
Seong-Mi
SM
Park
D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*