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Gemma María Muñoz Molina1, Ana Patricia Ovejero Díaz2, Alberto Cabañero Sánchez1
1Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 30, 2020
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Mediastinoscopy is considered a safe technique to biopsy mediastinal lesions. Among its complications, vascular ones are the most common. We present a rare case of intimal dissection of the innominate artery during the performance of a mediastinoscopy that caused an ischemic attack from which the patient recovered completely without long-term sequelae. We analyze the possible causes and risk factors of this complication.
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