A case report of entrapped thrombus in patent foramen ovale

Year 2016, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 230 - 232, 01.12.2016

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https://doi.org/10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.270415

Abstract

Patent
foramen ovale (PFO) is a flap-like potantial space on the interatrial septum,
which is present in approximately 20-25% of the population. Thrombus entrapped
in PFO, which causes simultaneous pulmonary and systemic embolism, is a rare finding.
This report describes a patient, in whom a trombus entrapped in PFO was detected
by echocardiography and the patient developed thromboembolic cerebrovascular accident
two days after the thrombolytic therapy.  

Keywords

Paradoxical embolism, patent foramen ovale, pulmonary embolism

Patent foramen ovale içinde sıkışmış trombüs olgusu

Abstract

Patent
foramen ovale (PFO) interatrial septum üzerinde, toplumun %20-25' inde
görülebilen flep benzeri bir açıklıktır. PFO içinde sıkışmış, eş zamanlı
pulmoner ve sistemik emboliye neden olan trombüs olguları oldukça nadir
görülür. Bu yazıda ekokardiyografi ile PFO içine sıkışmış trombüs saptanan ve
trombolitik tedaviden iki gün sonra tromboembolik serebrovasküler olay geçiren
bir olgu sunulmuştur. 

Keywords

Paradoks emboli, patent foramen ovale, pulmoner emboli

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