Case Report: Surgical Therapy for Left Innominate Vein Aneurysm Under Thoracoscopy.

ABSTRACT: Left innominate vein aneurysm is extremely rare, with a limited number of case reports present in the literature. Herein, we report a case of a 50-year-old female patient presenting with an incidental finding of an anterior mediastinal mass on chest radiography during a routine health examination. Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CT) of the chest showed a 4.8 × 4.6 cm anterior mediastinal mass with significant homogenous enhancement after injection of the contrast medium, suggesting a diagnosis of Castleman's disease, but not excluding thymoma. The patient underwent surgical resection of the anterior mediastinal mass under a thoracoscopic approach. Postoperative pathology confirmed the diagnosis of a left innominate vein aneurysm. This is the first case reporting a left innominat

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8632717 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature