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Reversed L-shaped incision for resection of a large azygos vein aneurysm: a case report. [PDF]

Surg Case Rep, 2023
Background Azygos vein aneurysms are rare and asymptomatic in many cases. The management for these aneurysms is controversial, and there is no clear guideline or evidence-based threshold for surgical or interventional therapy.
Tamura K, Konishi Y, Tatsuishi W, Abe T.
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Thoracoscopic approach to the resection of idiopathic azygos vein aneurysm: a case report. [PDF]

J Cardiothorac Surg, 2022
Background Azygos vein aneurysm (AVA) is a rare thoracic pathological entity that mimics a posterior mediastinal mass. However, the pathogenesis of primary azygos vein aneurysms is not clear and its pathology is still being discussed. Some of the AVA are
Ling X, Yu R, Fang L, Zhang X, Yao C, Tu K, Chen Z.   +6 more
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Left upper lung cancer with persistent left superior vena cava and left azygos vein: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background With the popularization of thoracoscopic surgery, more and more macrovascular malformations have been reported. Understanding some vascular malformations with relatively fixed anatomical site and their range of drainage could avoid severe ...
Zhongben Tang, Yin Teng, Jian Li, Xiaojun Du, Jiarong Xiao, Gongshun Tang   +5 more
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Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Incidental Azygos Vein Cannulation in a Neonate With Right-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Interruption of the Inferior Vena Cava and Azygos Continuation [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Incidental azygos vein cannulation has been reported in a few cases of neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This complication is described in the literature mainly in pathological conditions wherein increased central venous pressure ...
Alessandra Mayer, Genny Raffaeli, Federico Schena, Valeria Parente, Valeria Parente, Gabriele Sorrentino, Francesco Macchini, Anna Maria Colli, Lucia Mauri, Simona Neri, Irene Borzani, Ernesto Leva, Fabio Mosca, Fabio Mosca, Giacomo Cavallaro   +14 more
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Migrating azygos vein and vanishing azygos lobe: MDCT findings [PDF]

American Journal of Roentgenology, 2010
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe six cases of migrating azygos vein and to explain the etiologic factors that contribute to the migration. Six patients with migrating azygos vein were studied by MDCT before and after migration.
Bastarrika, G. (Gorka), Brocano, J. (Jordi), Caceres, J. (José), Ferreira, M. (Mónica), Pallisa, E. (Esther), Villanueva, A. (Alberto)   +5 more
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Split Azygos Vein: A Case Report. [PDF]

Cureus, 2021
The azygos venous system, which comprises the azygos, hemiazygos, and accessory hemiazygos veins, assists in blood drainage into the superior vena cava (SVC) from the thoracic cage and portions of the posterior mediastinum. Routine dissection of a fresh-frozen cadaveric specimen revealed a split azygos vein.
Lachkar S, Iwanaga J, Newton E, Dumont AS, Tubbs RS.   +4 more
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On the way to the azygos vein: a road of return rather than ruined. [PDF]

J Cardiothorac Surg
Background The malposition of central venous catheters (CVCs) may lead to vascular damage, perforation, and even mediastinal injury. The malposition of CVC from the right subclavian vein into the azygos vein is extremely rare.
Feng Y, Liu Y, Xu S, Zhong H, Jiang S.
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Surgical resection of an intraluminal tumor in the azygos vein with an unknown primary site causing superior vena cava syndrome. [PDF]

Thorac Cancer
Intraluminal tumor in the azygos vein is a rare disease that can cause superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Radiotherapy and endovascular stenting with or without chemotherapy are reported to have a high clinical success rate for the management of SVC ...
Monden Y, Une D, Torigoe H, Isoda T, Kamaguchi S, Yoshida K, Hirami Y, Nakai M.   +7 more
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Successful resection of a primary angiosarcoma of the azygos vein: A case report. [PDF]

Thorac Cancer
A 63‐year‐old woman was admitted to our department for the investigation of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Computed tomography revealed an azygos tumor extending into the SVC.
Kohmaru S, Saito Y, Urata M, Imazuru T, Saito K, Shimokawa T, Sakao Y.   +6 more
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Giant Ruptured Azygos Vein Aneurysm in a 33-Year-Old Woman.

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep, 2023
The rupture of an azygos vein aneurysm is a very rare but catastrophic complication. Careful differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea and thoracic pain in young patients is essential for effective and early management. We present the case of a young woman
Uzdenov M, Kroll J, Ballazhi F, Czerny M.   +3 more
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