title: Successful treatment of aortic rupture with endovascular stent grafting in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of spontaneous aortic rupture in the course of mantle cell lymphoma and successful management with endovascular repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 69-year-old woman presented with a cervical mass. The patient was found to have stage IIIA and Mantle Cell Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (MIPI) 4. She was placed in an intermediate-risk group. The patient received an initial cycle of systemic chemotherapy consisting of rituximab, anthracycline, vincristine and methyl prednisolone. During follow-up, she developed abdominal aortic rupture secondary to intramural hematoma which was successfully managed with endovascular exclusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hemodynamic changes can be seen during the course of lymphoma subsequent to systemic chemotherapy. These changes might be related to the spontaneous rupture of the main vessels. Endovascular repair may be a more appropriate treatment option than open surgery, especially in a patient with multiple comorbidities.
authors: Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
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