1. Resection and a rare type of reconstruction of the superior vena cava with the left brachiocephalic vein.
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Yankov G, Alexieva M, Mekov E, and Petkov R
- Subjects
- Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Vena Cava, Superior diagnostic imaging, Vena Cava, Superior surgery, Vena Cava, Superior pathology, Brachiocephalic Veins diagnostic imaging, Brachiocephalic Veins surgery, Brachiocephalic Veins pathology, Mediastinum pathology, Thymoma diagnostic imaging, Thymoma surgery, Thymoma pathology, Thymus Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Thymus Neoplasms surgery, Thymus Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
Resection and reconstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC) are required in a selected group of patients with anterior mediastinal tumors and lung neoplasms. We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who underwent invasive type B2 thymoma resection and a rare type of reconstruction of the superior vena cava using a patch of the left brachiocephalic vein (LBV). The various types of reconstruction of the superior vena cava are discussed., (This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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