title: Intracardiac invasive thymoma presenting as superior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: A case of invasive thymoma with intra-caval and intracardiac extension presenting as superior vena cava syndrome is reported. The tumor is excised on cardiopulmonary bypass, and superior vena cava is bypassed using a Dacron graft (DuPont, Wilmington, DE). Five-year follow-up of the patient showed a patent graft.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amirghofran
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Emaminia
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rayatpisheh
authors.forename: Seyed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Malek-Hosseini
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Attaran
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery