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Systemic embolism in an infant following haemangioma embolization: a two‐step process
Author(s) -
Firth Paul G.,
Ahmed Mohammed I.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01129.x
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , embolism , pulmonary embolism , hamartoma , radiology , surgery , pathology
Summary A case is presented of therapeutic embolization of a hypervascular hamartoma of the liver, in a term baby. During the procedure signs of pulmonary embolism occurred and the baby subsequently died from myocardial ischaemia. Potential intrathoracic shunts of the newborn together with changes associated with the vascular tumour are thought to have allowed systemic embolization of the embolic material.