Acute superior vena cava obstruction after rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm.
A patient was referred to our hospital with a superior vena cava syndrome after the rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm. To our knowledge, this complication has not been reported before. An urgent thoracotomy was performed after embolization had failed.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
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Hoffmann
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Ysebaert
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De Schepper
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Colpaert
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Jorens
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013908:Thoracotomy