Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Cheras, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya Medical Center, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Cheras, Malaysia
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 2018 Jun;4(2):160-162.
PMID: 29942910 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.03.004

Abstract

Aortic malignant neoplasms are rare; these may be primary or secondary (metastatic). Increasing use of cross-sectional imaging has allowed better detection and diagnosis of these conditions. We encountered a young woman presenting with acute abdomen who was found on cross-sectional imaging to have a malignant tumor involving the aortic bifurcation. An en bloc excision of the tumor was performed, with distal aorta reconstruction using an aortoiliac Dacron graft; this was complicated with infection and graft occlusion, necessitating total removal and extra-anatomic bypass. A pathologic diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma involving the aortic bifurcation, with an unknown primary, was made.

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