1. [Primary angiosarcoma of the aorta].
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Böge G, Gallix B, Gresillon C, Khau Van Kien A, Veerapen R, and Quéré I
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- Aged, Aortic Diseases pathology, Aortic Diseases therapy, Aortography, Combined Modality Therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hemangiosarcoma pathology, Hemangiosarcoma secondary, Hemangiosarcoma therapy, Humans, Ileal Neoplasms diagnosis, Ileal Neoplasms pathology, Ileal Neoplasms secondary, Ileal Neoplasms therapy, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Jejunal Neoplasms diagnosis, Jejunal Neoplasms pathology, Jejunal Neoplasms secondary, Jejunal Neoplasms therapy, Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion pathology, Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion therapy, Palliative Care, Thrombosis pathology, Thrombosis therapy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Vascular Neoplasms pathology, Vascular Neoplasms therapy, Aorta, Thoracic pathology, Aortic Diseases diagnosis, Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis, Mesenteric Artery, Superior pathology, Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion etiology, Thrombosis etiology, Vascular Neoplasms diagnosis
- Abstract
Primary angiosarcoma of the aorta is a rare disease. The prognosis is poor, resulting of embolic complications and early metastatic disease, with a median survival of nine months. Diagnosis is difficult and often made post-mortem. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman referred for a thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery, occurring a few weeks after resection of an angiosarcoma of the small intestine, disclosing a primary angiosarcoma of the aortic wall with metastatic disease.
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- 2007
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