Case report reveals delayed angiosarcoma presenting as ruptured aortic aneurysm after endovascular repair, suggesting rare malignancy mimics.
Ruptured aortic aneurysms after endovascular repair is rare, particularly in the absence of type I or type III endoleaks. In such cases, a thorough investigation into the causes is imperative, including the consideration of an underlying malignancy. We report a case involving a 78-year-old woman who experienced abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture 4 years after aortic endograft treatment. We explanted the endograft and performed aortobi-iliac bypass. Initial aortic thrombus pathological analysis revealed atherosclerosis. However, the patient returned 4 months later with multiple lesions suggestive of metastases, and a reevaluation of the pathology slides uncovered a diagnosis of angiosarcoma.
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