Aortic Arch Floating Thrombus Complicated by Distal Embolization in a Patient with Malignancy

Free floating thrombus of aortic arch in a minimally atherosclerotic or nonaneurysmal aorta is a rare disease entity which carries a potential risk of distal embolization with catastrophic consequences. We present the case of a 52-years-old patient with ovarian cancer and aortic arch floating thromb...

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Autores principales: Tigkiropoulos, Konstantinos, Karamanos, Dimitrios, Tympanidou, Marianthi, Saratzis, Nikolaos, Lazaridis, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2040925
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Sumario:Free floating thrombus of aortic arch in a minimally atherosclerotic or nonaneurysmal aorta is a rare disease entity which carries a potential risk of distal embolization with catastrophic consequences. We present the case of a 52-years-old patient with ovarian cancer and aortic arch floating thrombus who initially managed with low molecular weight heparin and eventually undergone surgical thrombectomy of left external iliac and common femoral artery due to acute ischemia of left lower leg.

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