Calcified thrombus of the inferior vena cava in transposition of the great vessels

• Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 19 - 21
• Main Authors: VELASQUEZ, G, D'SOUZA, V. J, GLASS, T. A, SUMNER, T. E, FORMANEK, A. G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 1986; Berlin
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Calcinosis - complications; Calcinosis - pathology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava; Heart; Humans; Infant; Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - etiology; Male; Medical sciences; Thrombosis - complications; Thrombosis - pathology; Transposition of Great Vessels - complications; Transposition of Great Vessels - pathology; Vena Cava, Inferior - pathology; Human; Heart; Congenital; Cardiovascular disease; Infant; Thrombosis; Pathology; Vena cava disease; Autopsy; Heart disease; Calcification; Complication; Transposition of the great vessels; Inferior vena cava
• ISSN: 0174-1551; 1432-086X
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02576978

Calcified thrombus of the inferior vena cava (IVC) in children is an entity usually not associated with significant complications. The possibility of pulmonary embolism from the soft thrombus, however, has been suggested but never reported. We give an account of a child with transposition of the great vessels who suffered embolization from a calcified thrombus in the IVC that entered the systemic circulation.