Jean Nolwenn, Labombarda Fabien, De La Gastine Geoffroy, Raisky Olivier, Boudjemline Younes
Department of Pediatrics, CHU Cote de Nacre, Caen, France.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jul;31(5):711-3. doi: 10.1007/s00246-010-9653-5. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
We report the case of a 4-year-old girl, successfully treated by surgical pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism. She was known to have a congenital antithrombin III deficiency diagnosed after a familial history of thromboembolic events. Surgical embolectomy may be considered as a treatment option in selected patient with anatomically extensive pulmonary embolism.