Incidental finding of non-occlusive aortic thrombi in two extremely pre-mature infants

Abstract

We describe two pre-term infants with incidental findings of non-occlusive aortic thrombi in multiple segments of the aorta. As the infants were extremely pre-mature and due to the high risk of associated medical and surgical treatment complications with intervention, a shared decision was made with the parents to follow the thrombi conservatively. At the time of the report, both the infants were growing well and clinically stable with no signs of cardiovascular compromise.