Primary sarcoma of the distal abdominal aorta: CT angiography findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-510

  Hagspiel, K D ^a   Hunter, Y R ^a   Ahmed, H K ^a   Lu, P ^b   Spinosa, D J ^a   Angle, J F ^a   Leung, D A ^a   Matsumoto, A H ^a   Kern, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, stenosis or occlusion; Computed tomography, angiography; Sarcoma, intimal

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA SARCOMA; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

EID: 3042781274     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0161-4     Document Type: Review

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