Amirghofran Ahmad Ali, Emaminia Abbas, Rayatpisheh Shahrzad, Malek-Hosseini Seyed Ali, Attaran Yahya
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 May;87(5):1616-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.052.
A case of invasive thymoma with intra-caval and intracardiac extension presenting as superior vena cava syndrome is reported. The tumor is excised on cardiopulmonary bypass, and superior vena cava is bypassed using a Dacron graft (DuPont, Wilmington, DE). Five-year follow-up of the patient showed a patent graft.