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Thorax 1999;54:653-655 ( July )

Case report

Idiopathic azygos vein aneurysm: a rare cause of mediastinal mass Miguel Gallegoa, Rosa M Mirapeixc, Eva Castañerb, Ch Domingoa, Josep M Matab, Albert Marína

a Pulmonary Department, b Radiological Department, c Consorci Hospitalari del Parc Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain Department of Anatomy, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Correspondence to: Dr M Gallego.

Received 9 July 1997; Returned to authors 17 September 1997; Revised version received 19 December 1997; Accepted for publication 7 January 1998

Venous aneurysm of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of mediastinal mass and is usually an incidental finding on chest radiography. Nowadays the diagnosis is made by non-invasive tests such as thoracic CT scanning and/or magnetic resonance imaging. The case is described of an asymptomatic woman in whom a mediastinal mass due to an azygos vein aneurysm was diagnosed by non-invasive procedures, the aetiology of which, in all probability, was idiopathic.


Keywords: mediastinal mass; azygos vein; aneurysm

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