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- Title
Abnormal Location of Innominate Artery and Azygos Vein Simulating Right Apical Lung Tumor.
- Authors
Farsad, G. Reza H.; Radpour, Bijan F.
- Abstract
Bronchogenic carcinoma was suspected in a middle-aged black man who was a heavy smoker, a heavy drinker, and met all criteria for the high-risk group. A mass density was apparent in the superior sulcus, right upper lobe. On thoracotomy a tortuous innominate artery and dilated superior vena cava was found simulating a right apical mass. English literature and sporadic case studies are reviewed. Different noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures are described to aid in the diagnosis of possible nonmalignant tumefaction of the thorax mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma, and to help readers avoid unnecessary thoracotomies.
- Subjects
ARTERIES; AZYGOS vein; LUNG tumors; DISEASES in men; CIGARETTE smokers
- Publication
Vascular Surgery, 1980, Vol 14, Issue 4, p273
- ISSN
0042-2835
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153857448001400408