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Case Reports

Intracardiac Invasive Thymoma Presenting as Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

^a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
^b Department of General Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
^c Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Accepted for publication September 11, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Emaminia, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (Email: emaminia{at}gmail.com).

A case of invasive thymoma with intra-caval and intracardiac extension presenting as superior vena cava syndrome is reported. The tumor is excised on cardiopulmonary bypass, and superior vena cava is bypassed using a Dacron graft (DuPont, Wilmington, DE). Five-year follow-up of the patient showed a patent graft.