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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;29(11):771-3.
doi: 10.1038/jp.2009.62.

A premature infant with fetal myocardial and abdominal calcifications and factor V Leiden homozygosity

M G K Parker  1 , G Webster, R M Insoft
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A premature infant with fetal myocardial and abdominal calcifications and factor V Leiden homozygosity

M G K Parker et al. J Perinatol. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

We present a premature male neonate with confirmed factor V Leiden deficiency diagnosed prenatally with cardiac and abdominal calcifications. Our patient's findings suggest that clinicians consider thromboembolic conditions when multiple fetal calcifications are visualized.

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Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Chest X-ray/KUB revealing cardiac and left subdiaphragmatic calcifications.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Still frame from a transthoracic echocardiogram on DOL 1 demonstrating a 5 × 1.5 mm echogenic focus in the apical aspect of the left ventricular (LV) free wall. RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle
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