Asymptomatic azygos vein overflow in a young patient with primary mediastinal seminoma
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[Azygos vein aneurysm forming a mediastinal mass].
Aneurysm of the azygos vein is a rare cause of mediastinal mass that is normally detected radiologically in asymptomatic patients. In some cases a diagnosis is made by noninvasive methods, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance. However, in the present case imaging revealed what appeared to be a solid mass. When the mass had been excised by thoracotomy, the histopathologic diagnosis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thoracic Cancer
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1759-7706,1759-7714
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.13170