Intracardiac Invasive Thymoma Presenting as Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

被引:16
作者
Amirghofran, Ahmad Ali
Emaminia, Abbas
Rayatpisheh, Shahrzad
Malek-Hosseini, Seyed Ali
Attaran, Yahya
机构
[1] Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Dept Gen Surg, Div Cardiovasc Surg, Shiraz, Iran
[2] Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Dept Pathol, Div Cardiovasc Surg, Shiraz, Iran
关键词
MALIGNANT THYMOMA; OBSTRUCTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.052
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A case of invasive thymoma with intra-caval and intracardiac extension presenting as superior vena cava syndrome is reported. The tumor is excised on cardiopulmonary bypass, and superior vena cava is bypassed using a Dacron graft (DuPont, Wilmington, DE). Five-year follow-up of the patient showed a patent graft.
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页码:1616 / 1618
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