Intermittent brachiocephalic vein obstruction secondary to a thymic cyst

Jeffrey S. Miller; Scott A. Lemaire; Michael J. Reardon; Joseph S. Coselli; Rafael Espada

doi:10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01573-3

Intermittent brachiocephalic vein obstruction secondary to a thymic cyst

Jeffrey S. Miller, Scott A. Lemaire, Michael J. Reardon, Joseph S. Coselli, Rafael Espada

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Abstract

Mediastinal thymic cysts are usually asymptomatic and found incidentally on a routine chest roentgenogram. Rarely, they may cause symptoms of vascular obstruction. A 55-year-old woman presented with intermittent swelling in her left neck. The swelling was positional and was worse while supine and disappeared while upright. Evaluation revealed a thymic cyst causing extrinsic compression of the left brachiocephalic vein. The cyst was resected with complete resolution of the left neck swelling. (C) 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	662-663
Number of pages	2
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	70
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01573-3
State	Published - 2000

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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