ACUTE SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA OBSTRUCTION AFTER RUPTURE OF A BRONCHIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM

Authors
HOFFMAN V YSEBAERT D DESCHEPPER A COLPAERT C JORENS P
Citation
V. Hoffman et al., ACUTE SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA OBSTRUCTION AFTER RUPTURE OF A BRONCHIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM, Chest, 110(5), 1996, pp. 1356-1358
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
110
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1356 - 1358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1996)110:5<1356:ASVOAR>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A patient nas referred to our hospital with a superior vena cava syndr ome after the rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm. To our knowledge , this complication has not been reported before. An urgent thoracotom y was performed after embolization had failed.