title: Transcatheter occlusion of an azygous vein aneurysm.
abstract: We describe the use of multiple Amplatzer vascular plugs which were intentionally placed so as to isolate a large azygous vein aneurysm with intraluminal thrombosis, which had resulted in a previous pulmonary embolus. This technique avoided the need for an invasive thoracotomy and aneurysm resection or attempting to directly fill the large aneurysm with numerous and various embolization devices.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Penn State University Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. hweber@hmc.psu.edu
authors.forename: Howard S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome