title: [Primary angiosarcoma of the aorta].
abstract: Primary angiosarcoma of the aorta is a rare disease. The prognosis is poor, resulting of embolic complications and early metastatic disease, with a median survival of nine months. Diagnosis is difficult and often made post-mortem. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman referred for a thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery, occurring a few weeks after resection of an angiosarcoma of the small intestine, disclosing a primary angiosarcoma of the aortic wall with metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Gefässkrankheiten, Universitätskrankenhaus Saint Eloi. g-boge@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Böge
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gallix
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gresillon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khau Van Kien
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Veerapen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quéré
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001027:Aortography; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000473:pathology; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy