Septic pulmonary embolization (SPE) is a rare but serious disorder. It is a well-recognized potential problem in the settings of tricuspid valve endocarditis, septic thrombophlebitis, infected central venous catheters, and postanginal septicemia. Less well documented is the occurrence of SPE in patients with periodontal disease without suppurative thrombophlebitis of the great vessels of the neck. We report a patient with SPE in whom periodontal disease was the only identifiable nidus of infection and review the literature regarding the four other patients reported to have suffered this complication.

O tromboembolismo pulmonar causado por obstrução de ramos arteriais pulmonares por trombos originados de outras partes do corpo apresenta elevada incidência. Em 5% dos casos ocorre a cronificação do processo e manutenção ou agravamento da hipertensão pulmonar Duas hipóteses explicam a cronificação nos casos de embolia pulmonar: 1. manutenção do fator oclusivo como fundamental para o desenvolvimento da resposta vascular pulmonar caracterizada por hipertrofia da camada média; 2. hipertensão pulmonar secundária a uma arteriopatia inicial, nos pacientes que evoluíram de maneira desfavorável. Este estudo tem por objetivo avaliar sob critérios histopatológicos qualitativos e quantitativos o comportamento do leito arterial pulmonar distal (pré e intra-acinar), comparativamente em pulmões de pacientes sem tromboembolismo prévio e de pacientes portadores de tromboembolismo agudo e crônico. Para tanto, estudou-se a resposta vascular através de estudo histológico de 31 casos de embolia (aguda e crônica), comparando-os com 24 pacientes do grupo controle (Infarto agudo do miocárdio) (análise de autópsias). As lâminas de tecido pulmonar foram preparadas e coradas em hematoxilina-eosina e Miller. A análise realizada foi dividida em qualitativa (vasoconstrição e proliferação intimal concêntrica) e quantitativa (hipertrofia da camada média). Foram observadas alterações histopatológicas do leito arterial pulmonar distal nos pacientes portadores de quadro tromboembólico agudo e crônico, em relação aos pacientes sem tromboembolismo prévio. Estas alterações, entre os grupos agudo e crônico, foram: diferentes quanto aos critérios qualitativos, caracterizadas por maior vasoconstrição nos quadros tromboembólicos agudos e maior proliferação intimal concêntrica nos crônicos; semelhantes quanto aos critérios quantitativos, caracterizadas por hipertrofia da camada média. A isquemia decorrente da obstrução parece exercer um importante papel nestas alterações, o que, entretanto, necessita de comprovação futura / The pulmonary embolism, caused by pulmonary artery branches obstruction from thrombus originated on other parts of the body, has a high incidence. However, just 5% of the cases develop the cronification and pulmonary hypertension. Two hypotheses can explain the cronification of tromboembolic pulmonary events: 1. maintenance of occlusive factor with pulmonary vascular response characterized by medial hypertrophy; 2. pulmonary hypertensive response as an initial arteriopathy in patients with bad evolution. This study aims to evaluate histologic aspects of pulmonary arterial bed (quantitative and qualitative), and to compare the results from embolic cases with non embolic cases. The study evaluated 55 patients (31 with pulmonary embolic disease and 24 in the control group myocardium infarction). From the selected cases, the blades with pulmonary tissue were colored by two techniques (haematoxilin-eosin and Miller). The analysis encompassed qualitative (vasoconstriction and intimal proliferation) and quantitative (mensuration of medial thickness) observations. It has been observed histologic changes between the two groups with pulmonary embolic disease (chronic or acute), and the control group. The changes between the embolic groups were: 1. higher vasoconstriction in the acute group, 2. more intimal proliferation in the chronic group, 3. no difference in the quantitative response (medial thickness). The ischemic response to obstruction can perform an important role in these changes, but further studies are necessary. There was a similar response in chronic and acute cases

OBJECTIVE: CLOVES syndrome (CLO: congenital lipomatous overgrowth, V: vascular anomalies E: epidermal nevi S: spinal anomalies) is a rare, non-heritable sporadic overgrowth disorder with serious morbidity. Previous anecdotal reports indicate that CLOVES patients are at risk for serious thromboembolic events in the perioperative period. The purpose of this study is to systematically determine the adverse events associated with anesthesia and diagnostic or interventional procedures for CLOVES patients, so appropriate assessment of risk can be performed and adequate precautions can be taken in the future to prevent complications. METHODS: We selected our study cohort by gathering patients in the Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC) database with the diagnosis of CLOVES syndrome. Our primary group of interest was patients that were anesthetized at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) since 2005. All patients having the diagnosis of CLOVES were included. IRB approval was obtained prior to patient selection. Data was collected from BCH electronic medical records. Patient age, gender, ASA level, estimated amount of blood loss (EBL), surgery status, MRI status, complication(s), type of complication if any, and medical history was recorded in a Microsoft Excel document on a password-protected computer. Data analysis was carried out with no statistical analysis beyond simple incidence and prevalence of certain characteristics due to the extremely small patient population. RESULTS: We found that out of the 38 patients in our cohort, 15 (or 39%) suffered from complications during the perioperative period. A total of 23 (or 61%) did not have any complications. Results further showed that pulmonary emboli, respiratory issues, and hypo/hypertension were the most prevalent complications. In addition we found that there was no correlation between substantial EBL and complication occurrence in this cohort. CONCLUSION: In comparison to preliminary studies of Alomari, 2008 and Sapp et al., 2007, we report a lower occurrence of thromboembolic events in CLOVES patients. We hypothesize that this is because patients at BCH were treated aggressively with various prophylactic methods to help minimize the risk of such events. We recommend that early prophylactic anticoagulation methods are applied to future patients. Additionally, we recommend that CLOVES patients be followed by a hematologist and care team that are familiar with the condition throughout their stay at the hospital to reduce the risk of thromboembolic events.

O tromboembolismo pulmonar causado por obstrução de ramos arteriais pulmonares por trombos originados de outras partes do corpo apresenta elevada incidência. Em 5% dos casos ocorre a cronificação do processo e manutenção ou agravamento da hipertensão pulmonar Duas hipóteses explicam a cronificação nos casos de embolia pulmonar: 1. manutenção do fator oclusivo como fundamental para o desenvolvimento da resposta vascular pulmonar caracterizada por hipertrofia da camada média; 2. hipertensão pulmonar secundária a uma arteriopatia inicial, nos pacientes que evoluíram de maneira desfavorável. Este estudo tem por objetivo avaliar sob critérios histopatológicos qualitativos e quantitativos o comportamento do leito arterial pulmonar distal (pré e intra-acinar), comparativamente em pulmões de pacientes sem tromboembolismo prévio e de pacientes portadores de tromboembolismo agudo e crônico. Para tanto, estudou-se a resposta vascular através de estudo histológico de 31 casos de embolia (aguda e crônica), comparando-os com 24 pacientes do grupo controle (Infarto agudo do miocárdio) (análise de autópsias). As lâminas de tecido pulmonar foram preparadas e coradas em hematoxilina-eosina e Miller. A análise realizada foi dividida em qualitativa (vasoconstrição e proliferação intimal concêntrica) e quantitativa (hipertrofia da camada média). Foram observadas alterações histopatológicas do leito arterial pulmonar distal nos pacientes portadores de quadro tromboembólico agudo e crônico, em relação aos pacientes sem tromboembolismo prévio. Estas alterações, entre os grupos agudo e crônico, foram: diferentes quanto aos critérios qualitativos, caracterizadas por maior vasoconstrição nos quadros tromboembólicos agudos e maior proliferação intimal concêntrica nos crônicos; semelhantes quanto aos critérios quantitativos, caracterizadas por hipertrofia da camada média. A isquemia decorrente da obstrução parece exercer um importante papel nestas alterações, o que, entretanto, necessita de comprovação futura / The pulmonary embolism, caused by pulmonary artery branches obstruction from thrombus originated on other parts of the body, has a high incidence. However, just 5% of the cases develop the cronification and pulmonary hypertension. Two hypotheses can explain the cronification of tromboembolic pulmonary events: 1. maintenance of occlusive factor with pulmonary vascular response characterized by medial hypertrophy; 2. pulmonary hypertensive response as an initial arteriopathy in patients with bad evolution. This study aims to evaluate histologic aspects of pulmonary arterial bed (quantitative and qualitative), and to compare the results from embolic cases with non embolic cases. The study evaluated 55 patients (31 with pulmonary embolic disease and 24 in the control group myocardium infarction). From the selected cases, the blades with pulmonary tissue were colored by two techniques (haematoxilin-eosin and Miller). The analysis encompassed qualitative (vasoconstriction and intimal proliferation) and quantitative (mensuration of medial thickness) observations. It has been observed histologic changes between the two groups with pulmonary embolic disease (chronic or acute), and the control group. The changes between the embolic groups were: 1. higher vasoconstriction in the acute group, 2. more intimal proliferation in the chronic group, 3. no difference in the quantitative response (medial thickness). The ischemic response to obstruction can perform an important role in these changes, but further studies are necessary. There was a similar response in chronic and acute cases