title: Incidentally diagnosed unusual ascending aorta mass.
abstract: A 44-year-old female, with no medical history, was admitted to the cardiology department because of mild exertional dyspnea. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed highly mobile, mass-like lesion in the aortic root. The patient was operated in the same week and a 1 cm × 6 cm soft tissue was excised from the ascending aorta. Pathological examination revealed a fibrin clot surrounded by a fibrous cap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkkey.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: Seref
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kul
authors.forename: Tolga Sinan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Güvenç
authors.forename: Yiğit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Canga
authors.forename: Ozer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Soylu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings