25 November 2021
: Case report
A Case of COVID-19-Associated Free-Floating Aortic Thrombus Successfully Treated with Thrombectomy
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Lisa Dao1ABDEF, Alina Lund1BEF, Christina D. Schibler1BEF, Christine A. Yoshioka1BEF, Maria Barsky1ACDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933225
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933225
Figure 1. (A) Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram obtained on the patient’s initial presentation. This axial view on cross-sectional imaging demonstrates patency within the aortic arch without any thrombus visualized. (B) Subsequent computed tomography pulmonary angiogram obtained around day 10 of patient’s hospital course, when D-dimer increased 3-fold from 2350 ng/ mL to 6840 ng/mL and raised suspicion for a new thrombotic event. This axial view on cross-sectional imaging demonstrates formation of new thrombus (arrow) within the aortic arch that was not present on the previous computed tomography pumonary angiogram (Figure 1A). (C) Cross-sectional imaging from a computed tomography pulmonary angiogram obtained on the patient’s initial presentation. Again, demonstrating patency within the aortic arch without any visualized thrombus on sagittal view.






