Splenic infarction caused by a large thoracic aortic thrombus.

Agolini, S F; Shah, K T; Goodreau, J J; McLoughlin, T M; Sinclair, M C · J Vasc Surg · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report on a patient with left upper quadrant pain as a result of splenic infarction; the patient was subsequently found to have a thoracoabdominal aortic thrombus extending through the celiac axis. The patient was successfully treated with an aortic thrombectomy guided by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.

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