TY  - JOUR
AU  - Janczak, Dariusz
AU  - Skiba, Jacek
AU  - Gemel, Marek
AU  - Mak, Marek
AU  - Ziomek, Agnieszka
AU  - Malinowski, Maciej
AU  - Dorobisz, Tadeusz
AU  - Lesniak, Michal
AU  - Janczak, Dawid
AU  - Chabowski, Mariusz
PY  - 2016
TI  - Giant saccular superior vena cava aneurysm—a rare and difficult clinical case
JF  - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 8, No 3 (March 18, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease
Y2  - 2016
KW  - 
N2  - A superior vena cava (SVC) aneurysm is an extremely rare case of vascular malformation in the chest cavity. This is a report of a case of a 57-year-old woman with a saccular SVC aneurysm which was 8 cm wide. The chest computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed a giant 75 mm × 79 mm × 81 mm mass containing the contrast medium from SVC, constricting the right lung parenchyma, narrowing the right innominate vein, in contact with the anterolateral chest cavity wall, and adjoining the superior mediastinum. Under general anesthesia and employing the median sternotomy approach, using a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the venous aneurysm was successfully resected. The postoperative period was uneventful. Radical surgical resection using a sternotomy and a CPB is recommended.
UR  - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/6745