Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm revealing metastasis of a soft tissue fibrosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

• Published in: Clinical sarcoma research Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 22
• Main Authors: Delerce, Clotilde, Bailly, Olivia, Bouhamama, Amine, Couchon, Sophie, Pilleul, Frank, Thivolet, Arnaud, Mastier, Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 26.10.2018
• Subjects: Aneurysms; Aortic aneurysms; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Case Report; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; Coronary vessels; Fibrosarcoma; Human health and pathology; Life Sciences; Medical imaging; Metastasis; Oncology; Radiation therapy; Sarcoma; Studies; Surgical Oncology; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; France; Soft tissue sarcoma; Aortic aneurysm; Aortic metastasis
• ISSN: 2045-3329; 2045-3329
• DOI: 10.1186/s13569-018-0109-7

Background Review of the first documented case of aortic wall metastasis from a limb sarcoma. Case presentation In a 56-year-old woman with a diagnosis of a high-grade limb fibrosarcoma, an aortic metastasis was revealed by a fast growing aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. This was managed with an endoprosthesis. Conclusion The presence of an aneurysm in a patient with a sarcoma with a high potential for metastasis and poor cardiovascular risk factors should alert physicians.