Congenital saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava.
A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for surgical treatment of a mediastinal mass. Midsternotomy was performed which revealed a saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava, 6 cm in diameter, in the right superior mediastinum. Aneurysmectomy was done by dividing a 15 X 10 mm venous connection with the superior vena cava and the patient's postoperative course was uneventful.
Itoh
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S
Department of Surgery, Kitakyushu City, Yahata Hospital.
Ohe
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H
Tokuyama
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N
Tujino
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N
Ayabe
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H
Tomita
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M
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior