title: Evaluating a thrombosed azygous vein aneurysm combined with pulmonary arterial thromboembolism by ECG-gated multidetector CT: a case report.
abstract: Azygous vein aneurysm is a rare congenital lesion that needs to be differentiated from mediastinal mass lesions. Although almost of these anomalies are asymptomatic lesions, we experienced an interesting case in which a thrombus within an azygous vein aneurysm in a 75-year-old woman caused pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient was managed by medical treatment for one month and then the thrombus within both the azygous vein aneurysm and the pulmonary arteries completely resolved.
authors: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do 420-767, Korea.
authors: Ji Yeon
authors: JY
authors: Yang
authors: Dong Hun
authors: DH
authors: Kim
authors: June Hyuk
authors: JH
authors: Lee
authors: Eun Ha
authors: EH
authors: Suk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001401:Azygos Vein; D055424:Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*