Incidental diagnosis of a silent brachiocephalic vein aneurysm and its surgical treatment

Nurcan Yilmaz; Alexandre Pelouze; Nicolas Murith; Anne-Lise Hachulla; Christoph Huber; Mustafa Cikirikcioglu

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.010

Incidental diagnosis of a silent brachiocephalic vein aneurysm and its surgical treatment

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Feb 4;6(1):21-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.010. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Nurcan Yilmaz¹, Alexandre Pelouze¹, Nicolas Murith¹, Anne-Lise Hachulla², Christoph Huber¹, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Division of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

Brachiocephalic vein aneurysm is an extremely rare clinical entity, with a limited number of case reports in the literature. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with a left brachiocephalic vein aneurysm (3 × 3 × 6.5 cm) that was discovered fortuitously by contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography. Surgical intervention was performed simultaneously during tricuspid valve surgery with coronary artery bypass grafting. This paper discusses the details of our case, the surgical treatment of brachiocephalic vein aneurysms, and the different treatment options.

Keywords: Brachiocephalic vein aneurysm; Mediastinal mass; Thoracic venous aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports