| Literature DB >> 18154839 |
Antonio Martín-Malagón1, Alberto Bravo, Iván Arteaga, Lucrecia Rodríguez, Fernando Estévez, Antonio Alarcó.
Abstract
We report the case of a 62-year-old patient with congenital interruption of the inferior vena cava and azygos continuation who required transthoracic esophagectomy to remove a tumor in the middle esophagus. The consequences of dividing an enlarged azygos vein in this kind of patient are reported and discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18154839 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330