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Thorax 1999;54:653-655 doi:10.1136/thx.54.7.653
  • Case Report

Idiopathic azygos vein aneurysm: a rare cause of mediastinal mass

  1. Miguel Gallegoa,
  2. Rosa M Mirapeixc,
  3. Eva Castañerb,
  4. Ch Domingoa,
  5. Josep M Matab,
  6. Albert Marína
  1. aPulmonary Department, bRadiological Department, cConsorci Hospitalari del Parc Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain Department of Anatomy, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
  1. Dr M Gallego.
  • Received 9 July 1997
  • Revision requested 17 September 1997
  • Revised 19 December 1997
  • Accepted 7 January 1998

Abstract

Venous aneurysm of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of mediastinal mass and is usually an incidental finding on chest radiography. Nowadays the diagnosis is made by non-invasive tests such as thoracic CT scanning and/or magnetic resonance imaging. The case is described of an asymptomatic woman in whom a mediastinal mass due to an azygos vein aneurysm was diagnosed by non-invasive procedures, the aetiology of which, in all probability, was idiopathic.

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