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Autopsy revealed a rare abdominal aortic intimal sarcoma with bone and peritracheal lymph node metastasis in a 73-year-old man presenting with sternoclavicular joint pain and delirium.
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Aortic intimal sarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with elevated CRP and symptoms of embolism or bone tumors of unknown origin.
May support including aortic intimal sarcoma in differentials for atypical bone pain or delirium; leaves open need for additional cases.
A 73-year-old man complained of sternoclavicular joint pain; blood tests revealed elevated C-reactive protein. The patient developed delirium; magnetic resonance imaging showed metastatic bone tumors. He died two weeks after admission. Autopsy revealed abdominal aortic intimal sarcoma with metastasis to the peritracheal lymph nodes and sternum. Peripheral arterial embolism and bone metastasis are common symptoms of aortic intimal sarcoma, which implies a place for aortic intimal sarcoma in differential diagnoses of embolism or bone tumors of unknown origin.
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Ueda et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Abdominal aortic intimal sarcoma (n=1). Abdominal aortic intimal sarcoma was evaluated on Pathological diagnosis and cause of death. Autopsy revealed a rare abdominal aortic intimal sarcoma with bone and peritracheal lymph node metastasis in a 73-year-old man presenting with sternoclavicular joint pain and delirium.
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