Primary intimal sarcoma of the aorta: role of transesophageal echocardiography.
Diagnosis of primary tumors of the aorta is difficult. A patient who had a primary intimal sarcoma of the aorta with metastasis presented with obstructive symptoms and computed tomography showed a thrombus-like mass in the aorta. However, transesophageal echocardiography revealed an inhomogeneous and echo-dense mass with an outer membrane, unlike a thrombus, and suggestive of a primary aortic tumor. Pathologic examination of specimens from exploration and autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma.
Rhee
Moo-Yong
MY
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Choongnam, Korea. rheemy@anseo.dankook.ac.kr
Myong
Na-Hye
NH
Park
Young-Bae
YB
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009383:Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology