Adenocarcinoma cell invasion of an obturator artery aneurysm.
Classic teaching implies that arterial walls are a resistance to tumour invasion. We report a case of tumour cell infiltration of an obturator artery aneurysm following an abdomino-perineal excision of rectum.
Scott
D J
DJ
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester.
Neoptolemos
J P
JP
Windle
R
R
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D001158:Arteries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply