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Aneurysm
Reports from North Carolina State University, Medical Department describe recent advances in aneurysm
July 1st, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Veterinary Pathology, "A primary intimal aortic angiosarcoma was diagnosed in a 4-year-old, spayed female German Shepherd that presented for complications of thromboembolic disease because of infarcts in multiple organs. On gross examination, aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta was associated with a friable, necrotic mass attached to the endothelial surface, which partially occluded the aortic lumen." "On histologic examination, plump neoplastic spindle cells formed a plaque-like mass arising from the intima that merged with a large accumulation of fibrin and necrotic debris, and projected into the lumen....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-01)
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