title: Ascending aorta thrombus: A diagnostic and treatment dilemma.
abstract: Due to its position, a mass lesion in the ascending aorta poses a diagnostic and treatment dilemma. We describe the management of a symptomatic mass in the ascending aorta in a 35-year-old man who presented with a cerebrovascular accident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK drsoo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marley
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McGrath-Soo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herron
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Haralabos
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parissis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Aorta; aortic diseases; blood vessel prosthesis implantation; diagnosis; differential; stroke; thrombosis