title: Pediatric intracardiac thrombus: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.
abstract: This case highlights the challenges in treating children with intracardiac thrombosis. We describe a teenager who developed an unsuspected de novo intracardiac thrombus. She was treated initially medically and surgically, but required subsequent surgery to treat a life-threatening recurrence. This case demonstrates an unusual presentation, as well as imaging, diagnostic, and therapeutic dilemmas. More significantly, it emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for successful treatment of intracardiac thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fay
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kogon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed