Postoperative outcomes in intimal aortic angiosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Intimal angiosarcoma is a most unexpected cause of aortic occlusion. We present the case of a 74-year-old woman with intimal angiosarcoma that manifested with the triad of congestive heart failure, acute renal failure, and abdominal angina. A review of the literature and discussion of postoperative outcomes follows.
Nicotera
Saila P
SP
General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. snicoter@bidmc.harvard.edu
Simosa
Hector F
HF
Campbell
David R
DR
D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*