Aortic wall sarcoma with tumor emboli and peripheral ischemia: Case report with review of literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Khan, Amir ^a   Jilani, Farida ^b   Kaye, Steven ^b   Greenberg, Bernard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Bristol Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic sarcoma; Atherosclerosis; Claudication; Immunohistochemical stains; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Renal in farction; Tumor emboli

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; TUMOR EMBOLISM; VASCULAR TUMOR;

AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031031334     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199702000-00016     Document Type: Article

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