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Azygos vein aneurysm as a diagnostic pitfall

The role of thoracoscopy

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We report the case of an azygos vein aneurysm that was found intraoperatively in a 66-year-old woman followed for esophageal carcinoma. She underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) for biopsy of a mediastinal mass. This mass was diagnosed in the 2nd year of postoperative follow-up for a T2N0M0 esophageal carcinoma by computed tomography, which revealed a heterogeneous mass of −2 cm in diameter in a retrotracheal location. Preoperative echoendoscopy demonstrated an extraesophageal lesion. A diagnostic thoracoscopy was done in order to exclude a metastatic lymph node disease.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, F-75014, Paris, France

    A. Bobbio, J. Miranda, D. Gossot & D. Grunenwald

  2. Department of Digestive Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, F-75014, Paris, France

    T. Perniceni

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Bobbio, A., Miranda, J., Gossot, D. et al. Azygos vein aneurysm as a diagnostic pitfall. Surg Endosc 15, 1049–1050 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004640000284

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