Journal
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 561-563Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0161-y
Keywords
sickle cell disease; children; pulmonary embolism; CT angiography
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The incidence of pulmonary embolism in children is not clearly known, but is believed to be low. Risk factors for pulmonary thromboembolism include central venous catheter, malignancy, surgery, infection, trauma, and congenital hypercoagulable disorders. Children with sickle cell disease are prothrombotic and are at an increased risk of thromboembolism. The incidence of this event is unknown because these children are often not thoroughly imaged. We report here a case of a calcified pulmonary thromboembolism in a child with sickle cell disease and emphasize the use of multidetector CT in detection of pulmonary thromboembolism in children with sickle cell disease.
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