A mediastinal tumour was simulated by gross dilatation of the azygos vein resulting from compression by enlarged hilar lymph nodes at the point where it crossed the right main bronchus to enter the superior vena cava. This cause of dilatation of the azygos vein has not previously been reported. Published reports are reviewed and attention drawn to the large proportion of patients (11/19) with t...

A 56-year-old man got admitted as he was suffering from dizziness for 3 days. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed complete atrioventricular (AV) block with ventricular rhythm of 35/min. We found that he had no inferior vena cava (IVC) which drained into right atrium in the middle of temporary pacing lead insertion. Venous drainage into superior vena cava from dilated azygos vein was identified after...

Venous aneurysm of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of mediastinal mass and is usually an incidental finding on chest radiography. Nowadays the diagnosis is made by non-invasive tests such as thoracic CT scanning and/or magnetic resonance imaging. The case is described of an asymptomatic woman in whom a mediastinal mass due to an azygos vein aneurysm was diagnosed by non-invasive procedures...

Venous aneurysm of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of mediastinal mass and is usually an incidental finding on chest radiography. Nowadays the diagnosis is made by non-invasive tests such as thoracic CT scanning and/or magnetic resonance imaging. The case is described of an asymptomatic woman in whom a mediastinal mass due to an azygos vein aneurysm was diagnosed by non-invasive procedures...

A 2-year-10-month-old boy was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart disease: right atrial isomerism, left superior vena cava (LSVC), complete atrioventricular septal defect, secundum type atrial septal defect, transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary atresia, patent ductus arteriosus, absence of a right superior vena cava (RSVC), and dextrocardia. He had received a left Blalock-Ta...

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...

Discussion The value of a routine radiograph following an uneventful placement of an internal jugular haemodialysis catheter has been questioned. The argument is Hypoplasia or absence of the brachiocephalic vein that unsuspected findings occur in less than 1.5% of necessitates alternate pathways whereby blood from routine chest radiographs after uneventful placement the left upper extremity and...

PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate pulmonary artery (PA) clot load scores and computed tomographic (CT) cardiovascular parameters as predictors of mortality in patients with severe pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional review board approval was obtained with waiver of informed consent. A total of 82 consecutive patients (42 women, 40 men; mean age+/-standard deviation,...