title: [Intimal sarcoma of the aorta: a case report].
abstract: Primary aortic tumours are very rare. To our knowledge, only 120 cases had been reported in the world literature. Their clinical presentation is not specific. They are usually diagnosed at aortic surgery or by post-mortem examination. Intimal sarcoma is the most frequent histological type. We report a case of intimal sarcoma of the thoracic aorta diagnosed on autopsy of a 48-year-old man victim of sudden death. The main problem raised by intimal sarcoma lies in its poor differentiation or lack of differentiation. Thus, the pathologist must perform a phenotypic analysis as complete as possible of this tumor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, route El-Aïn, Sfax 3029, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Salma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaâbouni
authors.forename: Ibticem Bahri
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chtourou
authors.forename: Naourez
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gouiaa
authors.forename: Lobna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayadi
authors.forename: Slim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charfi
authors.forename: Ines Samet
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Fakhfakh
authors.forename: Tahya Sellami
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Boudawara
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division; D003645:Death, Sudden; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009383:Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011123:Polyploidy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*