Neonatal Aortic Arch Thrombosis as a Result of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

Neonatal aortic arch thrombosis as a result of congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Thrombotic disease is rare in neonates. The main risk factors at this age are perinatal asphyxia, maternal diabetes, sepsis, polycythemia, dehydration, a low cardiac output, and in primis the catheterization of central lines. Another important risk factor is inherited thrombophilia. Arterial thrombosis is even more rare than venous thrombosis and less related to most of the risk factors listed ...

Neonatal aortic thrombosis as a result of congenital homocystinuria.

BACKGROUND Arterial thrombosis, that too in aorta is rare in neonates. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A 4-day-old presented with non-recordable BP in lower limbs. Doppler ultrasonography of abdomen revealed aortic thrombus. OBSERVATION Serum homocysteine level was elevated (25.5 umol/L). OUTCOME Thrombus resolved with subcutaneous LMW heparin therapy for 2 weeks. MESSAGE Congenital classic homocy...

Neonatal aortic arch thrombosis.

An infant presented shortly after birth with signs suggestive of aortic coarctation. Echocardiography revealed an extensive aortic arch thrombus, not amenable to surgery. Thrombolytic agents reduced thrombus size, enabling survival, but failed to prevent neurological damage secondary to cerebral embolisation.

Congenital aortic arch thrombosis diagnosed by echocardiography.

A case of neonatal arterial thrombosis mimicking interrupted aortic arch.

Neonatal arterial thrombosis is a very rare entity with clinical findings resembling coarctation of aorta or interrupted aortic arch. A two day-old male newborn was admitted to a different hospital with difficulty in sucking and sleepiness. On echocardiographic examination, a diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch was made and he was treated with prostoglandin E2. When the patient presented to ou...