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(Chest. 1996;110:1356-1358.)
© 1996 American College of Chest Physicians

Acute Superior Vena Cava Obstruction After Rupture of a Bronchial Artery Aneurysm

Vincent Hoffmann MD1; Dirk Ysebaert MD2; Arthur De Schepper MD, PhD3; Cecile Colpaert MD4; and Philippe Jorens MD, PhD5

1 From the Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
2 From the Department of Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
3 From the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
4 From the Department of Pathology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
5 From the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

A patient was referred to our hospital with a superior vena cava syndrome after the rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm. To our knowledge, this complication has not been reported before. An urgent thoracotomy was performed after embolization had failed.

Key Words: bronchial artery aneurysm • embolization • hemomediastinum • superior vena cava syndrome • thoracotomy

Submitted on January 18, 1996
Accepted on April 16, 2007




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