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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2023; 12(01): e36-e40
DOI: 10.1055/a-2072-0285
Case Report: Cardiac

Giant Ruptured Azygos Vein Aneurysm in a 33-Year-Old Woman

Murat Uzdenov 
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Johannes Kroll
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Fatos Ballazhi
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Martin Czerny
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Abstract

The rupture of an azygos vein aneurysm is a very rare but catastrophic complication. Careful differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea and thoracic pain in young patients is essential for effective and early management. We present the case of a young woman with a huge, spontaneously ruptured vena azygos saccular aneurysm, successfully repaired via median sternotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords

aneurysm - angiogenesis - imaging - venous disease


Publication History

Received: 26 February 2023

Accepted: 09 March 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
12 April 2023

Article published online:
05 June 2023

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