Left Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Neonate with Left Lung Hypoplasia

• Main Authors: Matthias P. van Schendel (Author), Douwe H. Visser (Author), Lukas A. J. Rammeloo (Author), Mark G. Hazekamp (Author), Jaroslav Hruda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thrombotic events in neonates may origin from fetal life. A 4-day-old newborn infant with a family history of heterozygous type 1 protein C deficiency was diagnosed with left lung hypoplasia and left pulmonary artery thrombosis. Its source was prenatally closed ductus arteriosus. Surgical removal of...