The rupture of descending thoracic aorta due to the necrosis of

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Mar 2010

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The rupture of descending thoracic aorta due to the necrosis of aortic intimal sarcoma.

Aortic intimal sarcoma is rare and the prognosis is very poor. We experienced a case of ruptured aortic intimal sarcoma in the descending aorta. A 69-year-old man underwent an emergency operation for the rupture of descending aorta. ⋯ The histological examination of aortic wall showed aortic intimal sarcoma. The patient developed a local recurrence and abdominal dissemination of the tumor three months after surgery. We report the case and discuss about the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic aortic intimal sarcoma.

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- Mutsuo Tanaka, Minoru Tabata, Tomoki Shimokawa, and Shuichiro Takanashi.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Fuchu-si, Tokyo, Japan. mutsuoman620@gmail.com
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar 1;10(3):462-3.
AbstractAortic intimal sarcoma is rare and the prognosis is very poor. We experienced a case of ruptured aortic intimal sarcoma in the descending aorta. A 69-year-old man underwent an emergency operation for the rupture of descending aorta. The postoperative course was uneventful. The histological examination of aortic wall showed aortic intimal sarcoma. The patient developed a local recurrence and abdominal dissemination of the tumor three months after surgery. We report the case and discuss about the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic aortic intimal sarcoma.

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