title: Splenic infarction caused by a large thoracic aortic thrombus.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105-1556, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Agolini
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Goodreau
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging