Vol 23, No 3 (2017)
Case report
Published online: 2017-09-28
77-year old woman with free-floating thrombus in abdominal aorta, causing acute renal dysfunction
DOI: 10.5603/AA.2017.0012
Acta Angiologica 2017;23(3):135-138.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present extremely rare case of 77-year old woman with free floating thrombus (FFT) in abdominal aorta obliterating superior mesenteric and right renal artery. The patient developed acute renal dysfunction. FFT was entirely removed surgically from aorta, renal arteries and celiac arteries obtaining good outflows. Appropriate treatment based on in-depth patient’s condition evaluation prevented severe, potentially fatal complications.
Keywords: renal arterysuperior mesenteric arteryabdominal aortafree-floating thrombus
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