Lung cancer found in a patient with absence of the inferior vena cava associated with a left superior vena cava.
A patients with anomalies of the main systemic veins developed lung cancer. In this patient, the large hemiazygos vein emptied into the left superior vena cava which communicated with the right atrium through the coronary sinus. The cancer was located in the right upper lobe and directly invaded the mediastinum. Fortunately, because of the absence of a right superior vena cava in the normal position, the tumor was completely resected by sleeve upper lobectomy without necessitating angioplastic procedures.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
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Kodama
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Higashiyama
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Yokouchi
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Kuriyama
D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014751:Vindesine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D016685:Mitomycin; D002945:Cisplatin; D014751:Vindesine