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Thoracic varices are rare anomalies in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gastro-oesophageal varices usually drain into the azygos or hemiazygos vein. The case is reported here of an unusual collateral pathway of gastro-oesophageal varices with drainage to the vena anonyma system presenting as lung masses on chest X-ray, which completely resolved after successful liver transplantation.
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PMID:Unusual thoracic collaterals of gastro-oesophageal varices in a patient with end-stage liver disease. 874 70

A 16-year-old male experienced a sudden attack of back pain while walking through the corridor of school which required emergent hospitalization. Except for the back pain, no neurological symptoms were noted. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging indicated an angiopathy-like flow void in the epidural region at Th 3-5 which seemed to explain the patient's back pain. Thoracic laminectomy at Th 3-5 and resection of the affected site were performed. Pathologically, the resected lesion only had a dilated normal vein and no findings indicating vascular deformity. The patient's outcome was good and no relapse of pain has occurred for about 2 years since the operation. Although some authors have reported vascular deformity with spinal epidural hemorrhage or varices with lumbar hernia of the intervertebral disc, there is no report concerning spinal epidural varices with pain only. The present case seemed to be a rare event and is reported here.
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PMID:Spinal epidural varices. 1053 79

Right atrial varices are rare. They were described for the first time by anatomo-pathologists at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. They are situated in the lower part of the inter-atrial septum and rarely exceed 2 cm in diameter. Descriptions have been from post-mortem studies which have led to epidemiological analyses and have given rise to nosological controversies. The authors report a case characterised by the exceptional volume of the varices. This could have enabled the diagnosis to be suspected at transoesophageal echocardiography before surgery. Thoracic CT scan and MRI completed the iconography. In the literature, two other cases of cardiac varices diagnosed at echocardiography have been published: they were small tumours on the lower part of the interatrial septum and the diagnosis before surgery was that of a myxoma. These formations seem to correspond to chance findings and do not appear to give rise to symptoms.
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PMID:[Right atrial intracardiac varices. Review of the literature and case report]. 1083 96

A giant venous varix of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of a mediastinal mass. The usual diagnosis of a mediastinal mass by mediastinoscopy or percutaneous fine-needle aspiration or biopsy is very hazardous if there is a venous varix. Noninvasive thoracic CT scanning is a safe and better choice for diagnosis. We describe the case of a woman with a posterior mediastinal mass caused by a giant azygos vein varix. Thoracic CT documented the diagnosis. The etiology of the azygos varix was portal hypertension secondary to liver cirrhosis.
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PMID:Azygos vein varix mimicking mediastinal mass in a patient with liver cirrhosis: a case report. 1570 12

This report introduces the rationale for thoracic duct stent-graft decompression in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and provides a case example with 3-month stentgraft patency. Thoracic duct flow and pressure are elevated in cirrhosis. Historically, complications of portal hypertension have been successfully treated with external drainage of the thoracic duct or surgical lymphovenous bypass. A 45-year-old woman with cirrhosis, chronic portosplenomesenteric thrombosis, and acute variceal hemorrhage underwent percutaneous thoracic duct stent-graft placement across the lymphovenous junction. The hemorrhage subsequently resolved and follow up endoscopy demonstrated decompression of the bleeding varices. Venography 40 days later demonstrated a partially patent stent-graft with fibrin sheath formation distally. The stent-graft was extended distally to the right atrium and was fully patent on venography 3 months later. The patient had no further episodes of hemorrhage.
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PMID:Thoracic duct stent-graft decompression with 3-month patency: Revisiting a historical treatment option for portal hypertension. 3319 Apr 27