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Shu-I Lin1, Min-I Su1, Cheng-Ting Tsai1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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We report a 45-year-old woman who presented to our facility in a hypertensive crisis. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a thoracic aortic tumor, and tissues obtained via endovascular biopsy revealed undifferentiated sarcoma. A final diagnosis of intimal sarcoma was made by intra-operative pathological examination. Despite undergoing surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, the patient died from progressive multiple metastasis and severe sepsis. Although aortic sarcoma is rarely diagnosed, it should be considered a possible etiology of hypertensive crisis.
Key Words:
Aortic tumor; Endovascular biopsy; Hypertension crisis; Intimal sarcoma.
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