Primary malignant tumours of the abdominal aorta are rare and usually associated with a poor one-year survival rate.
Raises awareness for intimal sarcoma in atypical embolic presentations; extends sparse literature on this rare, poor-prognosis entity.
Primary malignant tumours of the abdominal aorta are rare and they are usually associated with a poor one-year survival rate. The histological classification of aortic sarcomas (angiosarcoma/intimal sarcoma) is complex and does not appear to affect the prognosis. We present a case of a 68-year-old man with an infrarenal intimal sarcoma with peripheral embolization. The world literature on primary intimal malignancies of the abdominal aorta is reviewed.
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