TY - JOUR
T1 - Aortic sarcoma mimicking a mycotic aneurysm in the thoracoabdominal aorta
AU - Shimogawara, Tatsuya
AU - Ono, Shigeshi
AU - Kobayashi, Kanako
AU - Sasaki, Aya
AU - Shimizu, Hideyuki
AU - Matsui, Junichi
N1 - Funding Information:
The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the Journal policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a conflict of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Aortic sarcoma is a rare primary tumor with dismal prognosis. Here, we report a case involving a 74-year-old female patient with aortic sarcoma masquerading as a mycotic aneurysm in the thoracoabdominal aorta. She underwent aortic resection with Dacron prosthetic graft replacement because of rapid growth. The postoperative pathological findings of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of aortic mural sarcoma, which was an unexpected result based on repeat computed tomography angiography performed within 2 months preoperatively. The preoperative diagnosis of aortic sarcoma is often difficult because of its rarity, and this case demonstrates some of the diagnostic pitfalls.
AB - Aortic sarcoma is a rare primary tumor with dismal prognosis. Here, we report a case involving a 74-year-old female patient with aortic sarcoma masquerading as a mycotic aneurysm in the thoracoabdominal aorta. She underwent aortic resection with Dacron prosthetic graft replacement because of rapid growth. The postoperative pathological findings of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of aortic mural sarcoma, which was an unexpected result based on repeat computed tomography angiography performed within 2 months preoperatively. The preoperative diagnosis of aortic sarcoma is often difficult because of its rarity, and this case demonstrates some of the diagnostic pitfalls.
KW - Aortic intimal sarcoma
KW - Aortic mural sarcoma
KW - Gastric sarcoma
KW - Gastrointestinal metastasis
KW - Pseudoaneurysm
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.07.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091778917
SN - 2352-667X
VL - 5
SP - 593
EP - 596
JO - Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
JF - Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
IS - 4
ER -