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Most of the described cases of aortic thrombosis are associated with the catheterization of an umbilical artery and involve the descending tract and the renal arteries; very few relate to the ascending tract and the aortic arch. The possible role of virus-induced primary vascular endothelium damage in the etiopathogenesis of neonatal arterial thrombosis has been previously hypothesized. Herpesviruses, particularly human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), can infect endothelial cells and directly damage intact vascular endothelium, altering its thromboresistant surface as a result of procoagulant activity mediated by specific viral surface phospholipids, necessary for the coagulation enzyme complex assembly that leads to thrombin generation. We describe a case of congenital aortic arch thrombosis. The clinical, laboratory, and virologic pictures; the anatomopathologic findings (fully compatible with viral infection); the detection of HCMV in various tissues (including the aorta); and the absence of other causes of aortic thrombosis make it possible to attribute the case to a severe congenital HCMV infection with multiple organ involvement, after the primary infection of the mother. 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