Aortic angiosarcoma presenting as distal arterial embolization

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 744-748

  Abularrage, Christopher J ^a   Weiswasser, Jonathan M ^a   White, Paul W ^b   Arora, Subodh ^a   Sidawy, Anton N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 24044492269     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-5436-5     Document Type: Article

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