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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the thoracic aorta presenting as a contained rupture
J B Steinberg1, E R Johnson, J A Benda
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242-1062.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
Primary neoplasms of the aorta are rare and usually present with signs and symptoms due to intraluminal obstruction. A case of a 48-year-old man who presented with a contained rupture of the thoracic aorta secondary to a leiomyosarcoma is reported.