Delayed Diagnosis of Leiomyosarcoma of the Common Femoral Artery After Endovascular Repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 846-848

  Porcellini, Massimo ^a   D'Armiento, Francesco Paolo ^a   Spinetti, Fabio ^a   Anniciello, Annamaria ^a   Bracale, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common femoral artery; Leiomyosarcoma; Stents; Vascular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; METASTASIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242331792     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0846:DDOLOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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