Early endovascular salvage of a bovine pericardial superior vena cava graft

摘要

Thymomas are typically asymptomatic, locally invasive, slow-growing tumors of thymic epithelial cell origin. Better survival in patients with superior vena cava (SVC) involvement has been reported among patients treated with complete resection and reconstruction of the SVC compared with patients with incomplete resection (1). However, complete excision of the tumor and reconstruction of the great vessels is technically difficult.