Complications of Pulmonary Embolism in a Pediatric Patient

Shruti Patil; Ayesha Zia; Julie Fuller; Ramya Billa; Kara Goss; Nicholas D. Andersen; Megan Griffiths

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.103221

Complications of Pulmonary Embolism in a Pediatric Patient

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Abstract

A 16-year-old boy presents with a massive acute pulmonary embolism requiring emergent surgical embolectomy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for right ventricular failure. Subsequently he was diagnosed with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome requiring immunosuppression, and then pneumatoceles causing tension pneumothoraxes. The rarity of presentation in a child required collaboration across pediatric and adult disciplines.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	103221
Journal	JACC: Case Reports
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.103221
State	Published - Feb 5 2025

Keywords

catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
massive pulmonary embolism
necrotizing pneumonia
pleural effusion
pneumatocele

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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