title: Aneurysm of coronary arteriovenous fistula presenting as a calcified mediastinal mass.
abstract: A 61-year-old woman with a giant aneurysm of the coronary arterial fistula between the left anterior descending coronary artery and the main pulmonary artery underwent aneurysmal resection and closure of the fistula. This was a very unusual case with rare congenital malformation with secondary atherosclerotic change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusuhara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitano
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography