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. 2016 Aug 4:12:82-84.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2016.07.003. eCollection 2016 Sep.

A case of massive aortic mural thrombus in the absence of atherosclerotic or aneurysmal disease

Kawa Haji  1 , Vanessa Heron  1 , Rick Davis  1 , Dee Nandurkar  2 , Anthony Kelman  3 , Alistair Miller  1
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A case of massive aortic mural thrombus in the absence of atherosclerotic or aneurysmal disease

Kawa Haji et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AMT, Aortic mural thrombus; Aortic thrombus; Arterial thrombosis; CTPA, Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography; DVT, Deep Venous Thrombosis; Thromboembolism.

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a) Sagittal section of computed tomography chest showing a feeling defect in the proximal to mid descending thoracic aorta most suggestive of an intramural thrombus. There is no evidence of atherosclerosis or dissection in the descending aorta. b) Sagittal section of MRI chest confirming an intra mural thrombus in the descending aorta. c) PET scan showing no pathological uptake demonstrated in the region of the thrombus within the descending thoracic aorta as correlated with the CT and MRI. d) Sections reveals intraluminal aortic mass is a massive atheroma characterized by a partially endothelialized paucicellular adjacent thickened intima and media with frequent foamy macrophages. There is no inflammation, no dissection and no malignancy.
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