title: Primary intimal sarcoma of the thoracic aorta.
abstract: Primary aortic tumors are well known for both their rarity and variability in clinical presentation and usually are diagnosized post-operatively or by post-mortem examination. Intimal sarcoma is a recurrent histological variant and the involvement of the thoracic aorta is an unusual presentation. Angiography and computed tomography are accurate methods to evaluate aortic tumors though transesophageal echocardiography is actually used for the differential diagnosis. Here, we describe an unusual intimal sarcoma of the thoracic aorta whose clinical feature strongly mimicked a diffuse thrombotic disease.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tucci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quatraro
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Calvani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marzullo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dammacco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Silvestris
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed