Rapidly growing mural thrombus in an abdominal aortic aneurysm

While mural thrombus accompanied by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not rare, the growth rate of such a thrombus has not yet been adequately documented. We present here a very rare case of a 62-year-old female patient with an AAA in whom the mural thrombus in the aneurysm grew very rapidly ove...

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Published in:Heart and vessels 1993-01, Vol.8 (3), p.166-169
Main Authors: YAMAMOTO, K, IKEDA, U, SHIMADA, K, IKEDA, Y, SEINO, Y, TAKAYASU, T, OOKI, S.-I, YAMAGUCHI, T, FUKUSHIMA, K, HASEGAWA, T, SHINOHARA, N
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Language:English
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Aorta, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal - surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery
Arteriosclerosis - diagnostic imaging
Arteriosclerosis - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Diseases of the aorta
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis - surgery
Ultrasonography
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Summary:While mural thrombus accompanied by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not rare, the growth rate of such a thrombus has not yet been adequately documented. We present here a very rare case of a 62-year-old female patient with an AAA in whom the mural thrombus in the aneurysm grew very rapidly over a short period. We could follow the growth of the mural thrombus in the AAA by two-dimensional (2-D) abdominal echography. Patients with an AAA must be closely monitored by this technique which is able to detect the presence of the thrombus and allow evaluation of its growth.
ISSN:0910-8327
1615-2573
DOI:10.1007/bf01744803