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Brian M Till1, Amit Java1, Colin King1
1Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
|January 10, 2025
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We describe the workup and treatment of a 52-year-old man presenting with an extensive primary tumor of the descending aorta. Workup before surgical resection suggested nonneoplastic causes of this lesion, and we detail the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge posed by these rare tumors.
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