Mural aortic thrombus and peripheral embolisation in a patient with hyperhomocysteinaemia.
A mobile thrombus of the descending thoracic aorta in young people is extremely uncommon. We describe a 38-year-old woman with a mural thrombus in the proximal aorta complicated by peripheral embolisation, due to hyperhomocysteinaemia.
Slabbekoorn
M
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Haaglanden Medical Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands. m.slabbekoorn@mchaaglanden.nl
Henneman
O D F
OD
Geelhoed-Duijvestijn
P H L M
PH
Veldkamp
R F
RF
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020138:Hyperhomocysteinemia / Q000150:complications*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*