title: Cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured solitary mediastinal varix: a case report.
abstract: Mediastinal varix is rare. Some reports have noted that the mediastinal vein can become varicose in cases of portal hypertension or obstruction of the vena cava. However, solitary mediastinal varices without portal hypertension or obstruction of the vena cava are very rare. Mediastinal varicose veins have been problematic as pseudotumors, as no symptoms have been described in the literature. We encountered a case of cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured solitary mediastinal varicose vein. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of sustained symptomatic mediastinal varicose vein.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinki University, School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama City, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Kaneda
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Onoe
authors: Soji
authors: S
authors: Moriwaki
authors: Shin
authors: S
authors: Kadota
authors: Osamu
authors: O
authors: Baba
authors: Mitsuo
authors: M
authors: Matsuda
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Kadota
authors: Toshihiko
authors: T
authors: Saga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*