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Splenic infarction caused by a large thoracic aortic thrombus
S F Agolini1, K T Shah, J J Goodreau
1Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105-1556, USA.
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.
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.