Mass Lesions That Almost Fill the Ascending Aorta: When to Operate?

Ji-Yeon Kim; So-Yun Kim; Man-Shik Shim; Jae-Hyeong Park

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.011

Mass Lesions That Almost Fill the Ascending Aorta: When to Operate?

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Oct 6;3(13):1535-1540. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.011.

Authors

Ji-Yeon Kim¹, So-Yun Kim¹, Man-Shik Shim², Jae-Hyeong Park³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
³ Department of Cardiology in Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.

Abstract

Although anticoagulation can be an option for the resolution of thrombus, surgical removal is a definite treatment for removing mass lesions, especially in patients with unknown pathology. The present case report demonstrates the surgical removal of a sarcoma of the ascending aorta after the failure of anticoagulation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography; CECT, contrast-enhanced computerized tomography; anticoagulation; ascending aorta; sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports