RIGHT ATRIAL THROMBOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER

Authors
WACKER P OBERHANSLI I DIDIER D BUGMANN P BONGARD O WYSS M
Citation
P. Wacker et al., RIGHT ATRIAL THROMBOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER, Medical and pediatric oncology, 22(1), 1994, pp. 53-57
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Medical and pediatric oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981532
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
53 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1532(1994)22:1<53:RATAWC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Right atrial thrombosis (RAT) is infrequently diagnosed in children wi th cancer. Once RAT is documented, medical fibrinolysis or surgical th rombectomy is recommended. A RAT was documented in a child with lympho ma and was successfully lysed with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. The case is presented and therapeutic options reviewed. (C ) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.