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The first case involved a 15-year-old boy who developed fatal massive bilateral pulmonary artery thromboembolism after having spinal trauma, surgery, immobility, and central venous catheter placement. The second case concerned a 17-year-old girl with Prader\u2013Willi syndrome and multiple comorbidities, who presented with severe respiratory failure and laboratory evidence suggesting pulmonary thromboembolism, although imaging to confirm the diagnosis was limited. The third case involved a previously healthy 17-year-old boy with upper-extremity deep venous thrombosis and confirmed pulmonary artery thromboembolism despite the absence of identifiable provoking factors.\nConclusions: These cases illustrate the heterogeneity of paediatric PATE presentation, the variability of underlying risk factors, and the diagnostic challenges encountered in clinical practice, underscoring the need for heightened awareness among clinicians.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.15388\/amed.2026.33.1.24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]],"date-time":"2026-07-22T05:35:05Z","timestamp":1784698505000},"page":"252-259","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Pulmonary Artery Thromboembolism (PATE) in Paediatrics: Three Clinical Case Presentations"],"prefix":"10.15388","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Gabija","family":"Asipauskait\u0117","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0069bkg23","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Lithuanian University of Health Sciences"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Greta","family":"Mi\u0161kinait\u0117","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0069bkg23","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Lithuanian University of Health Sciences"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Algirdas","family":"Dagys","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/058hsp657","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vaidotas","family":"Gurskis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/058hsp657","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"6097","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Wolf S, Valerio L, Kucher N, Konstantinides SV, Klaassen ILM, van Ommen CH, et al. 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