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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Tigkiropoulos K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189665 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Tigkiropoulos Konstantinos K Karamanos Dimitrios D Tympanidou Marianthi M Saratzis Nikolaos N Lazaridis Ioannis I

Case reports in vascular medicine 20181002

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. ...[more]

PMID: 30370154

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