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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:640-642
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Diana Princess of Wales Childrens Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Diana Princess of Wales Childrens Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Accepted for publication March 1, 2007.
* Address correspondence to Dr Barron, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, Steelhouse Ln, England, B4 6NH, United Kingdom (Email: david.barron{at}bch.nhs.uk).
Thoracic venous aneurysms are extremely rare conditions. Only 14 innominate venous aneurysms have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with a mediastinal mass on chest roentgenogram, which was performed because the patient was postoperatively tachypneic after a routine appendectomy. Further investigations revealed a large left innominate venous aneurysm that was growing rapidly. The patient underwent aneurysmectomy and reconstruction of the innominate vein. The patients postoperative course was uneventful, and her respiratory symptoms resolved.
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