Key result
A case of aortic intimal sarcoma presented with splenic and small bowel infarction and was identified at autopsy with pulmonary vasculature involvement.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare presentation of aortic intimal sarcoma causing splenic and small bowel infarction and involving the pulmonary vasculature.
Aortic intimal sarcoma may mimic embolic visceral infarcts; hypothesis-generating for pulmonary vascular involvement in rare case reports.
A disseminated intravascular tumour, presenting initially with splenic and small bowel infarction, caused both clinical and histological diagnostic difficulty. At subsequent autopsy the main tumour mass was identified within the aorta. Dissemination of this tumour was confirmed histologically and lectin and immunohistochemical staining performed. On the basis of the clinical and pathological features, we believe this represents a further case of aortic intimal sarcoma.
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Fitzmaurice et al. (1990) conducted a case report in Aortic intimal sarcoma (n=1). A case of aortic intimal sarcoma presented with splenic and small bowel infarction and was identified at autopsy with pulmonary vasculature involvement.
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