Skip to main content
. 2019 Jul 13;3(3):ytz114. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytz114
Day 1 Hospitalization for a recent onset of palpitations, fatigue, epigastric pain, and vomiting.
Day 3 Incidental finding of a mesenteric arterial thrombosis on abdominal computed tomography (CT).
Day 5 Pathological glucose uptake in the descending aorta lumen and at the level of the 8th right rib (positron emission tomography).
Day 6 Obstructive thrombosis and thickening of arterial wall in the descending aorta (thoracic CT).
Day 10 Aortic thrombosis and aortic wall enlargement at magnetic resonance imaging.
Day 12 Computed tomography-guided biopsy of the osteolytic lesion of the rib (metastatic lesion?).
Day 20 Histological diagnosis of metastatic angiosarcoma of the aortic wall.
1 day after diagnosis Start oral propranolol (anti-proliferative effect); multidisciplinary team excluded surgical procedure.
1 week after diagnosis Start of palliative radiotherapy on metastatic lesion.
10 days after diagnosis Start of chemotherapy with Paclitaxel (five cycles completed).
7 months after diagnosis Patient passed away after rapid progression of the disease.