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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;84(2):640-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.044.

Innominate venous aneurysm presenting as a rapidly expanding mediastinal mass

Riad B M Hosein  1 , Katherine Butler, Paul Miller, Timothy Jones, William J Brawn, David J Barron
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Case Reports

Innominate venous aneurysm presenting as a rapidly expanding mediastinal mass

Riad B M Hosein et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Thoracic venous aneurysms are extremely rare conditions. Only 14 innominate venous aneurysms have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with a mediastinal mass on chest roentgenogram, which was performed because the patient was postoperatively tachypneic after a routine appendectomy. Further investigations revealed a large left innominate venous aneurysm that was growing rapidly. The patient underwent aneurysmectomy and reconstruction of the innominate vein. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and her respiratory symptoms resolved.

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