A 16-year-old boy presents with a massive acute pulmonary embolism requiring emergent surgical embolectomy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for right ventricular failure. Subsequently he was diagnosed with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome requiring immunosuppression, and then pneumatoceles causing tension pneumothoraxes. The rarity of presentation in a child required collaboration across pediatric and adult disciplines.
JACC Case Reports Interim Editors-in-Chief
Gilbert H. L. Tang, MD, MSc, MBA
CME Editor
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
Author
Megan Pelter, MD
Important Dates
Date of Release: February 5, 2025
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC Expiration: February 4, 2026