[Intimal sarcoma of the aorta: a case report].
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.
Chaâbouni
Salma
S
Laboratoire d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, route El-Aïn, Sfax 3029, Tunisia.
Zouari
Ibticem Bahri
IB
Chtourou
Imen
I
Gouiaa
Naourez
N
Ayadi
Lobna
L
Charfi
Slim
S
Fakhfakh
Ines Samet
IS
Boudawara
Tahya Sellami
TS
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*