title: Congenital saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kitakyushu City, Yahata Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tujino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior