Coronary pseudoaneurysm and superior vena cava occlusion in a young patient with multicentric Castleman's disease and antiphospholipid antibody positivity.

Huge coronary artery pseudoaneurysm in a young male patient with antiphospholipid syndrome.

A 21-year-old man with a history of antiphospholipid syndrome presented with superior vena cava syndrome. Echocardiography showed left ventricular mass and ejection fraction of 30%. Coronary angiography showed a large pseudoaneurysm in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery and occlusion of the LAD (Supplementary Video 1). Supplementary material (Video 1) is available at EJCTS onlin...

Synchronous primary intrapulmonary and mediastinal thymoma-A case report

We report an extremely rare case of Synchronous primary intrapulmonary and mediastinal thymoma in a Chinese patient. We describe the histological and radiological findings, which support the possibility of multicentric thymoma. Resection of the mass in the left anterior superior mediastinum and upper lobectomy of right lung were performed, with lymph Nodes clearance, superior vena cava, left an...

Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting with Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis

Mediastinal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Unknown Origin Presenting with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS): A Case Report

Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the mediastinum is a rare type of carcinoma. According to the literature, only five cases of this condition have been reported so far. In this paper, we present a rare case of mediastinal NEC of unknown primary site. The patient was a 34-year-old man with mediastinal NEC, who presented with chronic dry cough and a right-sided mediastinal mass one year p...

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Associated with Graves’ Disease Presenting As Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis with Bilateral Lower Limb DVT

We report a case of a 60-year-old lady who presented with bilateral lower limb swelling and a thyroid swelling with clinical features consistent with thyrotoxicosis. Investigations revealed the presence of a thrombus in bilateral external, internal iliac veins, and inferior vena cava extending up to its infrahepatic part. Hormone profile and radioiodine uptake scan confirmed the diagnosis of Gr...