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Incidentally Diagnosed Unusual Ascending Aorta Mass
Author(s) -
İlhan Erkan,
Kul Şeref,
Güvenç Tolga Sinan,
Çanga Yiğit,
Soylu Özer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01272.x
Subject(s) - ascending aorta , medicine , pathological , aortic root , aorta , lesion , cardiology , fibrin , mass/lesion , radiology , surgery , immunology
A 44‐year‐old female, with no medical history, was admitted to the cardiology department because of mild exertional dyspnea. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed highly mobile, mass‐like lesion in the aortic root. The patient was operated in the same week and a 1 cm × 6 cm soft tissue was excised from the ascending aorta. Pathological examination revealed a fibrin clot surrounded by a fibrous cap. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E34‐E35)