title: A primary angiosarcoma in the aorta.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman after aortic valve replacement had an acute abdominal pain. Computed tomography demonstrated a tumor in the aorta, which originated from the distal portion of the thoracic aorta and extended to the aortic bifurcation. At autopsy, the orifices of celiac, superior and inferior mesenteric, right and left renal arteries were consistently occluded by incursion of the tumor. We present herein a huge primary sarcoma in the abdominal aorta, which has been reported as extremely rare.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan. hnakajim@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Nakajima
authors: Junjiro
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
authors: Hatsue
authors: H
authors: Ishibashi-Ueda
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology