Rapidly growing mural thrombus in an abdominal aortic aneurysm

Heart Vessels. 1993;8(3):166-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01744803.

Abstract

While mural thrombus accompanied by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is not rare, the growth rate of such a thrombus has not yet been adequately documented. We present here a very rare case of a 62-year-old female patient with an AAA in whom the mural thrombus in the aneurysm grew very rapidly over a short period. We could follow the growth of the mural thrombus in the AAA by two-dimensional (2-D) abdominal echography. Patients with an AAA must be closely monitored by this technique which is able to detect the presence of the thrombus and allow evaluation of its growth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Arteriosclerosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriosclerosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / surgery
  • Ultrasonography