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Intrauterine thrombosis of the arterial duct

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Orhan Uzun ,
Philip E. Da Costa  and
John L. Gibbs
Orhan Uzun*
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Paediatric Cardiology and Pathology, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds
Philip E. Da Costa
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Paediatric Cardiology and Pathology, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds
John L. Gibbs
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Paediatric Cardiology and Pathology, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds
*
Dr. Orhan Uzun, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Killingbeck Hospital, York Road, Leeds LS14 6UQ, United Kingdom.. Tel. 532 648164: Fax. 532 607979.
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Abstract

A hydropic neonate, born at 28 weeks gestation, died 45 minutes after birth. Autopsy showed an abnormally long and tortuous arterial duct which wasoccluded by laminated thrombus. The right heart chambers and the left ventricle were dilated, but there was no other structural cardiac abnormality. Apart from the abnormal ductal morphology, there was no evident cause for the intrauterine thrombosis of the arterial duct, which appeared to be the sole cause of fatal heart failure.

Keywords

Arterial ductpremature ductal closurefetal hydrops
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 411 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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