Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation
Thrombus in the aortic trunk is a rare complication. We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with a factor V Leiden mutation in whom an aortic arch thrombus was discovered accidentally. Conservative treatment was initiated with therapeutic anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin leadin...
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| author | Elise Frebutte Myriam Bibombe Arthur Dumont Maxime Haxhe Pascal Reper |
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| description | Thrombus in the aortic trunk is a rare complication. We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with a factor V Leiden mutation in whom an aortic arch thrombus was discovered accidentally. Conservative treatment was initiated with therapeutic anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin leading to complete thrombus lysis after 3 months but associated shortly after anticoagulation initiation with a large splenic and limited renal infarctions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-908608bd95234a90ac8c39c04f0e0a9f2022-12-21T21:58:36ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942021-06-0110.12890/2021_0026412257Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden MutationElise Frebutte0Myriam Bibombe1Arthur Dumont2Maxime Haxhe3Pascal Reper4Internal Medicine Department, CHR Haute Senne, Soignies, BelgiumInternal Medicine Department, CHR Haute Senne, Soignies, BelgiumInternal Medicine Department, CHR Haute Senne, Soignies, Belgium Radiology Department, CHR Haute Senne, Soignies, BelgiumCritical Care Department, CHR Haute Senne, Soignies, Belgium; Critical Care Department, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium; ederal Health Ministry, Brussels, BelgiumThrombus in the aortic trunk is a rare complication. We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with a factor V Leiden mutation in whom an aortic arch thrombus was discovered accidentally. Conservative treatment was initiated with therapeutic anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin leading to complete thrombus lysis after 3 months but associated shortly after anticoagulation initiation with a large splenic and limited renal infarctions.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2641aortic thrombusfactor v leidenanticoagulationembolism |
| spellingShingle | Elise Frebutte Myriam Bibombe Arthur Dumont Maxime Haxhe Pascal Reper Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine aortic thrombus factor v leiden anticoagulation embolism |
| title | Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation |
| title_full | Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation |
| title_fullStr | Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation |
| title_short | Successful Conservative Treatment of a Complicated Aortic Thrombus in a Woman with Factor V Leiden Mutation |
| title_sort | successful conservative treatment of a complicated aortic thrombus in a woman with factor v leiden mutation |
| topic | aortic thrombus factor v leiden anticoagulation embolism |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2641 |
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