title: Dissection of the ascending aorta due to metastatic carcinoma.
abstract: The association of aortic dissection with a malignancy is a rare finding and previous reports are usually those of primary aortic sarcomas. In this report we present a case with typical ascending aorta dissection associated with metastatic carcinoma originating from the lungs. The metastatic infiltration of the vasovasorum of the aorta by carcinoma cells may have caused aortic dissection by decreasing medial strength and integrity. This is a mechanism of aortic dissection that we have not encountered in previous reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hazan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Badak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yörükoğlu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery