title: Aortic tumours: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: We present a case of a leiomyosarcoma originating in the wall of the descending aorta and give a review of 27 previously reported cases of aortic neoplasms. An extraluminal aortic leiomyosarcoma has not been reported before in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schipper
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Oostayen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: den Hollander
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van Seyen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography