Primary angiosarcoma of the abdominal aorta: A case report and literature review (aortic angiosarcoma)

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-242

  Brylka, Douglas ^a   Demos, Terrence C ^a   Pierce, Kenneth ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic occlusion; Angiosarcoma; Aortic sarcoma; Primary aortic angiosarcoma; Primary aortic tumor

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANGIOSARCOMA; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BACK PAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64749105126     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9371-0     Document Type: Article

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