Tumor embolus due to uterine cancer.

Background: Although the majority of arterial emboli are thrombi originating from the heart, emboli of other origin do occur. The purpose of this paper is to report a case of tumor embolus of a brachial artery.

Case Report: A 64-year-old woman was referred for vascular surgery due to acute right upper-limb ischemia.

Improved outcome after rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm over an 18-year period.

The purpose of the study was to analyze changes in in-hospital mortality of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) during an 18-year period. A retrospective analysis of 246 patients with RAAA in the years 1987-2005 was performed. The patients were divided into groups that consisted of 111 patients treated in the years 1987-2000 (group I) and 135 patients treated in the years 2001-2005 (group II).