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

Clotilde Delerce; Olivia Bailly; Amine Bouhamama; Sophie Couchon; Frank Pilleul; Arnaud Thivolet; Charles Mastier

doi:10.1186/s13569-018-0109-7

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

Clin Sarcoma Res. 2018 Oct 26:8:22. doi: 10.1186/s13569-018-0109-7. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Clotilde Delerce¹, Olivia Bailly², Amine Bouhamama¹, Sophie Couchon¹, Frank Pilleul^{1

3}, Arnaud Thivolet¹, Charles Mastier¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Interventional Radiology, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France.
² 2Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France.
³ 3CREATIS, UMR CNRS 5220-INSERM 1206, Centre LCC, 28 rue Laennec, Lyon, France.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Aortic aneurysm; Aortic metastasis; Soft tissue sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports