Management of Concomitant Cancer and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Table 2

Examples of clinical presentation of aortic aneurysm and/or associated malignancy.

Source	Setting	No. of cases	Mode of presentation*
Upchurch and Clair [18]	Cancer in aortic aneurysm case	1 case	Ruptured AAA associated with aortocaval fistula was complicated by C. Septicum sepsis. CRC was suspected and found on investigations.
Tsui, et al. [19]	Cancer in aortic aneurysm case	1 case	Haemoptysis in TAA was initially related to the aneurysm. Lung cancer was suspected thereafter and found.
Van Doorn et al. [20]	Aortic aneurysm in cancer case	1 case	Sepsis and widened mediastinum developed after CRC operation. Thoracic aneurysm was suspected and found.
Mohamed et al. [17]	Aortic aneurysm in cancer case	1 case	CT scan in a patient with sepsis and abdominal pain revealed ruptured aorta with pseudoaneurysm. Repeated CT scan in another centre found CRC in pelvis.
Sebastian et al. [21]	Cancer in Aortic aneurysm case	1 case	Unsettled dysphagia in TAA was investigated further. Oesophageal cancer was found.