title: A long-living case of carotid aneurysm caused by inflammatory leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: We report here on a long-surviving patient with a vascular leiomyosarcoma arising in the right common carotid artery, and some possible reasons for the long-term survival. The patient was a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a right common carotid aneurysm and underwent aneurysmectomy with graft replacement. Two years and nine months after her surgery, she developed a cerebral infarction and left hemiparesis due to graft occlusion, but later achieved functional recovery through physical rehabilitation. She has been alive for 20 years since her surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan ichiro@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuutaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Isoda
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Youko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naomoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001706:Biopsy; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Aneurysm; Carotid artery; Diagnosis; Inflammation; Leiomyosarcoma; Vascular neoplasms; common; differential