Pediatric acute paradoxical cerebral embolism with pulmonary embolism caused by extremely small patent foramen ovale
Yamaguchi Junko,
Noda Akihiro,
Utagawa Akira,
Sakurai Atsushi,
Kinoshita Kosaku
Affiliations
Yamaguchi Junko
Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo173-8610, Japan
Noda Akihiro
Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo173-8610, Japan
Utagawa Akira
Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo173-8610, Japan
Sakurai Atsushi
Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo173-8610, Japan
Kinoshita Kosaku
Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo173-8610, Japan
Herein, we report a pediatric case of acute paradoxical cerebral embolism complicated by serious acute pulmonary embolism that was caused by an extremely small patent foramen ovale (PFO). The patient had no medical history suggestive of any other reason.
