title: Intraluminal chondrosarcoma leading to occlusion of the brachiocephalic trunk.
abstract: A 62-year-old female patient was admitted with temporary neurological symptoms. CT scan revealed occlusion of the brachiocephalic trunk by an intraluminal mass suspicious for a thrombus and extending into the ascending aorta. The patient underwent aortic arch replacement with reinsertion of the supraaortic vessels. A 5 × 3 × 4 cm large mass was found in the aorta which had obviously caused occlusion of the brachiocephalic trunk. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery and follow-up imaging showed no pathological findings. Histopathological examination revealed inhomogeneous chondroid tissue such as that found in a G2 grade bone chondrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany. z.szalay@kerckhoff-klinik.de
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szalay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziegelhoeffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rolf
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Skwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schoenburg
mesh_terms: D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*