Abstract:A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of mediastinal tumor on chest computed tomography (CT). Contrast-enhanced CT showed azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava (IVC). The retro-hepatic IVC was absent superior to the renal veins. The IVC continued into the dilated azygos vein, which joined the superior vena cava. The hepatic vein drained directly into the right atrium. The mediastinal tumor was close to the dilated azygos vein. Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of the mediastinal t… Show more
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