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Congenital saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava

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A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for surgical treatment of a mediastinal mass. Midsternotomy was performed which revealed a saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava, 6 cm in diameter, in the right superior mediastinum. Aneurysmectomy was done by dividing a 15×10 mm venous connection with the superior vena cava and the patient’s postoperative course was uneventful.

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  1. The Department of Surgery, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, 805, Kitakyushu City, Japan

    Shigehiko Itoh MD, Hisakuni Ohe, Noboru Tokuyama & Naoyuki Tujino

  2. The First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 805, Kitakyushu City, Japan

    Hiroyoshi Ayabe & Masao Tomita

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Itoh, S., Ohe, H., Tokuyama, N. et al. Congenital saccular aneurysm of the superior vena cava. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 18, 588–591 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471494

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