TY - JOUR
T1 - Left anomalous brachiocephalic vein in a patient with right lung cancer
AU - Nakamura, Ryota
AU - Yoshihisa, Inage
AU - Iwasaki, Kenichi
AU - Yumoto, Tetsuya
AU - Yuzawa, Kenji
AU - Ueki, Hamaichi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The left anomalous brachiocephalic vein is a rare anomaly without congenital heart disease. It is important to recognize this anomalous vein especially in patients with lung cancer because misinterpretation as a superior mediastinal lymph node enlargement may cause serious complications. We report a case of a 62-year-old lung cancer patient with left anomalous brachiocephalic vein, who underwent surgical treatment safely under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery after confirmation of this anomaly on contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan.
AB - The left anomalous brachiocephalic vein is a rare anomaly without congenital heart disease. It is important to recognize this anomalous vein especially in patients with lung cancer because misinterpretation as a superior mediastinal lymph node enlargement may cause serious complications. We report a case of a 62-year-old lung cancer patient with left anomalous brachiocephalic vein, who underwent surgical treatment safely under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery after confirmation of this anomaly on contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.11.030
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.11.030
M3 - Article
C2 - 23816083
AN - SCOPUS:84879665802
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 96
SP - 307
EP - 309
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -
