Intimal sarcoma in an ascending aortic Dacron graft mimicking a thrombus.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 29(6): 983-985, 2019 12 01.
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ABSTRACT
Although aortic sarcomas are extremely rare, they may arise in association with a Dacron graft. Here, we report a case of an intimal sarcoma in an ascending aortic Dacron graft implanted 17 years earlier. The patient presented with multiple cerebral infarctions; clinically, a thrombus was found to cause the embolic stroke. He successfully underwent re-replacement of the ascending aorta. Although the initial postoperative histopathological diagnosis was a thrombus, he died of multiple metastases of the malignant tumour after 5 months of the surgery. A histopathological re-evaluation of the explant using immunohistochemistry revealed that the mass was an intimal sarcoma.
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Aorta
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Sarcoma
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Trombose
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Túnica Íntima
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Polietilenotereftalatos
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Neoplasias Vasculares
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Implante de Prótese Vascular
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2019
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