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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:925-927
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Floating thrombus in the aorta

Shyam K. Kolvekar, FRCS (CTh)a, Sanjay Chaubey, MBBSa, Richard Firmin, FRCSa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication January 14, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Kolvekar, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer St, London W1N 8AA, England
e-mail: kolvekar{at}yahoo.com

A review of the literature shows that there are few reported cases of embolism or thrombus in a nonaneurysmal, effectively normal aorta with no other underlying reason for thrombus formation in the aorta. We report a case of a large, floating thrombus in the descending aorta lumen and discuss surgical and management options.




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