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Acute superior vena cava obstruction after rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm
V Hoffmann1, D Ysebaert, A De Schepper
1Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
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|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
A patient was referred to our hospital with a superior vena cava syndrome after the rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm. To our knowledge, this complication has not been reported before. An urgent thoracotomy was performed after embolization had failed.