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Right atrial thrombosis associated with central venous catheters in children with cancer
P Wacker1, I Oberhansli, D Didier
1Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Right atrial thrombosis (RAT) is infrequently diagnosed in children with cancer. Once RAT is documented, medical fibrinolysis or surgical thrombectomy is recommended. A RAT was documented in a child with lymphoma and was successfully lysed with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. The case is presented and therapeutic options reviewed.