Splenic infarction caused by a large thoracic aortic thrombus.
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.
Agolini
S F
SF
Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105-1556, USA.
Shah
K T
KT
Goodreau
J J
JJ
McLoughlin
T M
TM
Sinclair
M C
MC
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