Key result
A young hypercoagulable patient developed arterial embolism due to a mural pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis in the absence of diffuse atherosclerotic lesions.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare presentation of mural pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis causing arterial embolism in a young, hypercoagulable patient without diffuse atherosclerosis.
Raises awareness of aortic arch thrombosis as embolism source in young hypercoagulable patients without atherosclerosis; leaves open optimal management.
Cases of mural aortic arch thromboses are generally associated with diffuse atherosclerosis of the aortic arch and have primarily been detected in elderly patients. However, the presence of mural thrombi in the aortic arch in young patients without diffuse atherosclerosis has rarely been reported. We describe a case of a hypercoagulable young patient with arterial embolism in whom investigations revealed a mural pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis without clear diffuse atherosclerotic lesions.
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Roche‐Nagle et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Thoracic Aorta Mural Thrombus (n=1). A young hypercoagulable patient developed arterial embolism due to a mural pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis in the absence of diffuse atherosclerotic lesions.
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