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Spontaneous thrombosis of the arterial duct in a newborn with alloimmune thrombocytopaenia

Part of: Basic Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2021

Odete Mingas Open the ORCID record for Odete Mingas [Opens in a new window] ,
Natália Noronha Open the ORCID record for Natália Noronha [Opens in a new window] ,
Graça Sousa  and
Rui Anjos
Odete Mingas*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
Natália Noronha
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
Graça Sousa
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
Rui Anjos
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
*
Author for correspondence: O. Mingas, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Santa Cruz Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Av. Prof. Dr Reinaldo dos Santos, 2790-134Carnaxide, Lisbon, Portugal. Tel: +351-965595763; Fax: +351 214188095. E-mail: tch.uca@hotmail.com
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Abstract

We present an uncommon challenging case of spontaneous thrombosis of the arterial duct and with alloimmune thrombocytopaenia in a full-term newborn who presented with respiratory distress, hypoglycaemia dispersed petechiae on the trunk, and significant haemorrhage of the umbilical venous catheter.

Keywords

Thrombusarterial ductalloimmune thrombocytopaenia
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , March 2022 , pp. 480 - 481
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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