title: Treatment of haemorrhage following rupture of aortic leiomyosarcoma. Survival for 4.2 years.
abstract: This paper describes a case of hemorrhage from an aortic leiomyosarcoma in which the patient exceptionally survived for 4.2 years after surgery. The operation consisted of resection of the aortic tract involved by the tumour and graft of a prosthesis. The diagnosis of aortic leiomyosarcoma had been based on the histological analysis and confirmed by histochemical and immunohistochemical findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Todisco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferlan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caruso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D017741:Survivors; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*