Acute aortic thrombosis in the ascending aorta after cisplatin-based chemotherapy for esophageal cancer: a case report

Abstract Background The risk of thrombus development is considered to be increased by malignant tumors and chemotherapy. In addition, thrombosis of the ascending aorta is rare. We report a case of ascending aortic thrombectomy in a patient with esophageal cancer who developed ascending aortic thromb...

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Main Authors: Noriaki Sato, Takehito Mishima, Yuka Okubo, Takeshi Okamoto, Shuichi Shiraishi, Masanori Tsuchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-04-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-022-01431-8