A Case of Thrombus in the Ascending Aorta Discovered as an Opportunity of Pancreatitis

Abstract

A 49-year-old man admitted to our hospital for the acute progression of chronic pancreatitis. A clot-like mass was seen in the ascending aorta on the computed tomography image. Magnetic resonance imaging identified multiple cerebral infarctions. We considered that the clot-like mass was high risk of embolism. Therefore, we decided to perfom an urgent operation. Operative finding revealed a thrombus attached to the ascending aorta and we removed the thrombus from the aortic wall. Pathologically, the mass was a blood clot. We report a very rare case of thrombus in the ascending aorta which was decided to do early operation because of high risk of embolism.