Neoplastic obstruction of the abdominal aorta.
Obstruction of major arteries by neoplastic tissue is rare. A case of symptomatic obstruction of the distal abdominal aorta by metastatic carcinoma of the cervix, presenting 6 years after initial diagnosis, is described.
Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
C M
CM
Steffen
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PF
Thursby
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology