[Aneurysm of the superior vena cava, Apropos of 1 case].
Report of the case of a seventeen-year-old man in whom was discovered in the course of a systematic X-ray examination of the thorax a shadow of the right upper mediastinum. The variability of the pictures in relation with the upward or supine position, suggest the diagnosis of a vascular tumour, which was confirmed by angiocardiography. Towards the end of this examination there was a cardiac arrest with coma, which was suggestive of the probable diagnosis of thrombo-embolic accident, and the operation was undertaken under extracorporeal circulation. It made it possible to extract various recent clots and to perform a reconstitutive endo-aneurysmorrhaphy. The post-operative period was favourable, both from the neurological and haemodynamic points of view.
D000293:Adolescent; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Anévrysme de la vein cave supérieure. A propos d'une observation