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Azygos vein aneurysm: contribution of transesophageal echography
H Léna1, B Desrues, D Heresbach
1Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Régional and Universitaire de Rennes, France.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a case of idiopathic aneurysm of the azygos vein associated with lung cancer. This abnormality is exceptional because we could find only 8 previous published cases. Computed tomographic scan and especially transesophageal echography were of major importance in identifying the vascular nature of the radiographic abnormality and thus excluding extension of lung cancer.