Acute leriche syndrome due to paradoxical embolism.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Paradoxical embolism, describing the passage of venous or right-sided cardiac thrombus into the arterial or systemic circulation through patent foramen ovale, is an uncommon cause of acute arterial occlusion. Here, we report acute Leriche syndrome in a young woman attributable to paradoxical embolism. Ischaemia, patent foramen ovale, and venous thrombosis were the triad of evidence for paradoxical embolism.
Medical subject headings
- Embolism, Paradoxical
- Leriche Syndrome