Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the aorta

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-273

  Ghanem, Nadir ^a   Riede, U ^a   Uhrmeister, P ^a   Weigang, E ^a   Altehoefer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Epithelioid angiosarcoma; Vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA INTIMA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036857299     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.31.4.269     Document Type: Article

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