Key result
An incidental floating aortic mass in an octogenarian man was definitively diagnosed postmortem as a primary aortic intimal sarcoma after fatal embolic complications.
Why the study?
Primary aortic tumours are extremely rare, with fewer than 250 cases reported in the literature, leading to diagnostic challenges and a need for further evidence to improve multidisciplinary management.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Floating aortic masses with emboli may signal sarcoma; this case leaves open optimal antemortem diagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of clinical suspicion for primary aortic tumours when intravascular masses display atypical radiological features, even when functional imaging is inconclusive.
Huerta et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Primary aortic sarcoma (n=1). Primary aortic sarcoma was evaluated on Clinical outcome. An incidental floating aortic mass in an octogenarian man was definitively diagnosed postmortem as a primary aortic intimal sarcoma after fatal embolic complications.
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