Key result
A patient presenting with lower extremity claudication and tumor emboli in blood clots was diagnosed six months later with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the abdominal aorta.
Population
1 patient presenting with lower extremity claudication, renal infarction, and diffuse atherosclerosis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Tumor emboli in atypical claudication warrant malignancy consideration; case reports leave open refined diagnostic algorithms for primary aortic tumors.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare presentation of primary malignant aortic tumors as tumor emboli mimicking atherosclerosis.
Khan et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Aortic Wall Sarcoma (n=1). A patient presenting with lower extremity claudication and tumor emboli in blood clots was diagnosed six months later with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the abdominal aorta.
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