Key result
CT reveals a floating aortic thrombus causing peripheral embolism in a patient with NHL.
Case Report (n=1)
Demonstrates that a floating aortic thrombus can occur on a normal aortic wall in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and cause peripheral embolism, highlighting the diagnostic utility of computed tomography.
May prompt CT evaluation for aortic thrombus in lymphoma patients with embolism; single case leaves open prevalence and management questions.
Aortic thrombus is a rare condition unless there is an underlying wall pathology such as atherosclerosis, aneurysm, dissection, or thrombus within the left heart chambers. It causes visceral or peripheral embolisms, and is fatal, if not treated. These characteristics make early diagnosis and therapy essential. We report here the computed tomography findings of a floating thrombus that hanged on to the normal aortic wall with a thin peduncle and caused peripheral embolism in a 58-year-old lymphoma patient who had no evident source of emboli.
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Aksu et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Floating aortic thrombus and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (n=1). Floating aortic thrombus was evaluated on Computed tomography findings of a floating thrombus causing peripheral embolism. Computed tomography identified a floating thrombus attached to a normal aortic wall by a thin peduncle, causing peripheral embolism in a 58-year-old patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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