Abstract
3/2010
vol. 7
Superior vena cava aneurysm: difficulty in preoperative diagnosis
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2010; 7 (3): 295–297
Online publish date: 2010/10/01
Superior vena cava aneurysms are extremely rare lesions. We describe a case of a 52-year-old woman. Chest roentgenogram suggested the presence of mediastinal mass in the right hemithorax and after the computed tomography test, we had the clinical impression that it was a mediastinal cyst not enhancing after intravenous contrast application. Thoracotomy revealed superior vena cava aneurysm which was successfully resected. We report this because of its extraordinary rarity. There are only a few cases like that described in the literature
Keywords
mediastinal cyst, superior vena cava aneurysm
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