Intramural sarcoma of the carotid artery with adventitial inflammation and fibrosis resembling 'inflammatory aneurysm'

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 569-574

  Mikami, Yoshiki ^a,b,c   Manabe, Toshiaki ^a   Lie, J T ^a   Sakurai, Takaki ^a   Endo, Koichi ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Inflammatory aneurysm; Intramural sarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERITIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030825686     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04542.x     Document Type: Article

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