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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:1426-1427. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.011
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Blindness: A Rare and Serious Complication After Extensive Mediastinal Resection

George P. Akkersdijk, MDa, Albertus N. van Geel, MD, PhDb,*

a Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
b Department of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Accepted for publication October 2, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr van Geel, Department of Surgical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, PO Box 5201, Rotterdam, 3008 AE, the Netherlands (Email: a.n.vangeel{at}erasmusmc.nl).

We describe the case of a patient in whom blindness developed as a result of superior vena cava syndrome after resection of a primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor.






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