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. 2017 Nov-Dec;50(6):406-407.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2016.0083.

Free-floating thrombus in the aortic arch

Marcelo Coelho Avelino  1 , Carla Lorena Vasques Mendes de Miranda  2 , Camila Soares Moreira de Sousa  2 , Breno Braga Bastos  3 , Rafael Soares Moreira de Sousa  4
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Free-floating thrombus in the aortic arch

Marcelo Coelho Avelino et al. Radiol Bras. 2017 Nov-Dec.
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Figure 1
Contrast-enhanced axial CT of the abdomen, axial sections, showing areas of low uptake, characteristic of infarcts, located in the right lobe of the liver (A) and in the body of the pancreas (B), partially involving the left kidney (A) and spleen (C). D: CT angiography of the thoracic aorta showing a pedunculated thrombus adhered to the distal portion of the aortic arch, on the wall opposite the origin of the subclavian artery.
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