Mesenteric infarction secondary to tumor emboli from primary aortic sarcoma. Guidelines for diagnosis and management
✍ Scribed by Robert Higgins; Mitchell C. Posner; Hans H. Moosa; Charles Staley; Kenneth I. Pataki; Harvey Mendelow
- Book ID
- 102672127
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 603 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
Primary aortic tumors are rare, difficult to diagnose, and often fatal. This case and a review of the literature identified aortic tumors as a potential source of emboli leading to acute mesenteric insufficiency. The case showed the efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing and determining the extent and location of an aortic tumor. Cancer 68:1622-1627,1991.
RIMARY TUMORS of the aorta are rare. However, they P present characteristically with distal embolization, intestinal ischemia, and subsequent mesenteric infarction. Previous reports stressed the importance of aortic angiography and computed tomography (CT) as the diagnostic procedures of choice for this rare lesion.''2 In this report, we review the case of a patient with a primary aortic tumor diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).