Pulmonary venous aneurysm presenting as a middle mediastinal mass

D A DeBoer; M L Margolis; D Livornese; K A Bell; V A Livolsi; J E Bavaria

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(95)00980-9

Pulmonary venous aneurysm presenting as a middle mediastinal mass

Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Apr;61(4):1261-2. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00980-9.

Authors

D A DeBoer¹, M L Margolis, D Livornese, K A Bell, V A Livolsi, J E Bavaria

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.

PMID: 8607703
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00980-9

Abstract

A large mediastinal mass in a 43-year-old man was proven at thoracotomy to comprise a right superior pulmonary vein aneurysm. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was useful in defining the abnormality. Pulmonary venous aneurysm appears to represent an extremely rare but surgically correctable addition to the differential diagnosis of middle mediastinal masses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm / diagnosis*
Aneurysm / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Intraoperative Care
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veins* / surgery
Radiography
Thoracoscopy
Thoracotomy