title: [Saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaucher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dezile
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roullier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aloin
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Delvert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandooren
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Anévrisme sacciforme de la veine cave supérieure.