[Saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava].
The authors report a case of a saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava in a 38 year old female. The diagnosis could only be made at thoracotomy because of the additional difficulty posed by a complete thrombosis of the aneurysmal pocket, which produced a particularly deceptive CT image. This type of lesion is exceptionally rare as a cause of a mediastinal "tumour" since only 24 cases of congenital aneurysm of the superior vena cava have been reported, of which only 4 were of the saccular type.
Gaucher
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L
Dezile
G
G
Roullier
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A
Bouvier
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B
Aloin
M
M
Delvert
J C
JC
Belda
G
G
Vandooren
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
Anévrisme sacciforme de la veine cave supérieure.