Intracardiac invasive thymoma presenting as superior vena cava syndrome

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran; Abbas Emaminia; Shahrzad Rayatpisheh; Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini; Yahya Attaran

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.052

Intracardiac invasive thymoma presenting as superior vena cava syndrome

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 May;87(5):1616-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.052.

Authors

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran¹, Abbas Emaminia, Shahrzad Rayatpisheh, Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini, Yahya Attaran

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

PMID: 19379928
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.052

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography, Thoracic
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / diagnosis*
Thymoma / diagnosis*
Thymoma / diagnostic imaging
Thymoma / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava, Superior / surgery