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Aortic Thrombosis and Aortic Medionecrosis in an Infant
Author(s) -
MOBERG ANDERS
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb16020.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , thrombus , aorta , ventricle , etiology , cardiology , umbilical artery , ductus arteriosus , surgery , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
Summary In the literature 24 cases of aortic thrombosis in children have been described of which 11 patients have been less than 3 weeks old. A case is described with a large thrombus in the abdominal aorta of a 16 day old boy. Thrombi were also discovered in the ductus arteriosus, the umbilical artery, the left ventricle and the left auricle. Histological examination of the aortic wall revealed changes of the type that are usually seen in aortic medionecrosis. It is presumed that in accordance with similar cases of aortic medionecrosis the thrombosis and the medionecrosis are directly connected. The etiology is discussed. This case, like a few previously published cases of aortic medionecrosis in the neonatal period, indicates that the disease is of a congenital origin.