Venous hemangioma of the azygos arch.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Giant venous hemangiomas of the azygos arch are exceedingly rare and idiopathic. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only two reports of azygos hemangioma. We report a case of hemangioma of azygos arch in a 46-year-old man after a complete resection and discuss the strategy that was used for the diagnosis and therapy.
منابع مشابه
Thoracoscopic Resection of a Rare Case of Hemangioma of the Azygos Venous Arch
Hemangioma of the azygos venous arch is an exceedingly rare incident. This is a case of a thoracoscopic complete resection of a hemangioma of the azygos venous arch in a 37-year-old woman.
متن کاملA rare combination of variations of superior mediastinal vessels
Superior mediastinum contains many important vessels and tubes, variation of one may affect the other. Left brachiocephalic vein crosses arch of the aorta and its branches superficially. Arch of the aorta from its convex superior aspect usually provides brachiocephalic, left common carotid and left subclavian artery from the right to left. Left subclavian artery continues as axillary artery and...
متن کاملOesophagectomy in a patient with azygos vein continuation of the inferior vena cava: report of a case
The azygos system of veins varies greatly in its mode of origin, but the variation in which the azygos vein is a continuation of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is rare. During an oesophagectomy, the azygos vein typically is transected as a requirement of the surgery. In this case, the enlarged azygos and its arch were a continuation of the IVC. During our procedure, we first established a bypass ...
متن کاملAbsent right superior vena cava: multimodality imaging of upper body venous drainage via left-sided superior vena cava and azygos venous system.
A 63-year-old man was referred for cardiac evaluation after a chest radiograph for an upper respiratory tract infection demonstrated prominent mediastinal borders (Figure 1). He had a normal clinical examination. A dilated coronary sinus was identified on transthoracic echocardiography. On subsequent transesophageal echocardiography, agitated saline contrast injected into the left antecubital v...
متن کاملPrenatal diagnosis of a variant of the azygos venous system
BACKGROUND The azygos venous system consists of the azygos vein on the right side and the hemiazygos and accessory hemiazygos on the left side. The azygos vein runs through the abdominal cavity along the right side of the vertebral bodies, in a cranial direction, passes through the diaphragm and reaches the mediastinum, where it forms the arch of the azygos which flows into the superior vena ca...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 32 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007