Clinics in diagnostic imaging (194). SVC aneurysm.
- Author:
Poh Yong TAN
1
;
Wei Ping THAM
2
;
Yan Rong YONG
3
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: aneurysm; mediastinal mass; superior vena cava
- MeSH: Aged; Aneurysm; diagnostic imaging; Female; Humans; Mediastinum; diagnostic imaging; Radiography, Thoracic; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vena Cava, Superior; diagnostic imaging
- From:Singapore medical journal 2019;60(1):17-21
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 68-year-old woman presented with weight loss of 7 kg over two years. Clinical examination revealed no specific abnormality and the patient was otherwise asymptomatic. Chest radiography performed to screen for malignancy revealed a soft tissue opacity projected over the mediastinum. Computed tomography of the thorax showed an enhancing anterior mediastinal mass with heterogeneous enhancement and contrast pooling in the arterial phase, followed by homogeneous enhancement in the venous phase, consistent with an aneurysm arising from the superior vena cava. This case highlights superior vena cava aneurysms as extremely rare causes of anterior mediastinal masses. Other causes of anterior mediastinal masses were also discussed.
