Ascending Aortic Thrombus After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Cureus. 2022 Feb 22;14(2):e22496. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22496. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Abstract

A 46-year-old male with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection one month ago presented to the hospital due to acute onset left flank pain. He was found to have an acute left renal embolic infarction from a large 15mm ascending aortic thrombus, which may have formed due to a transient hypercoagulable state from his recent SARS-CoV-2 infection along with tobacco use. He was medically managed with anticoagulation for six months. Subsequent imaging after three months of therapeutic anticoagulation showed complete resolution of the ascending aortic thrombus.

Keywords: aortic thrombus; covid-19; covid-related hypercoagulability; renal infarction; sars-cov-2.

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