Aortic tumours: report of a case and review of the literature.
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.
Schipper
J
J
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, Netherlands.
van Oostayen
J A
JA
den Hollander
J C
JC
van Seyen
A J
AJ
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