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Mochimaru T, Kawada I, Chubachi S, et al. Edoxaban treatment for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with azygous vein aneurysm. Respirol Case Rep. 2017;5(3):e00223doi: 10.1002/rcr2.223.
Mochimaru, T., Kawada, I., Chubachi, S., Tsutsumi, A., Hasegawa, H., & Betsuyaku, T. (2017). Edoxaban treatment for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with azygous vein aneurysm. Respirology case reports, 5(3), e00223. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.223
Mochimaru, Takao, et al. "Edoxaban treatment for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with azygous vein aneurysm." Respirology case reports vol. 5,3 (2017): e00223. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.223
Mochimaru T, Kawada I, Chubachi S, Tsutsumi A, Hasegawa H, Betsuyaku T. Edoxaban treatment for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with azygous vein aneurysm. Respirol Case Rep. 2017 Feb 26;5(3):e00223. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.223. eCollection 2017 May. PMID: 28250932; PMCID: PMC5326810.
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Respirol Case Rep. 2017 Feb 26;5(3):e00223. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.223. eCollection 2017 May.

Edoxaban treatment for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism associated with azygous vein aneurysm.

Respirology case reports

Takao Mochimaru, Ichiro Kawada, Shotaro Chubachi, Akihiro Tsutsumi, Hanako Hasegawa, Tomoko Betsuyaku

Affiliations

  1. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.

PMID: 28250932 PMCID: PMC5326810 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.223

Abstract

A 76-year-old woman, diagnosed 5 years previously with an asymptomatic mediastinal bronchogenic cyst, was referred to our department as the mass had grown slightly larger. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed an azygous vein aneurysm with a pulmonary arterial thromboembolism. The patient was treated with heparin for 5 days, and anticoagulation therapy with edoxaban was continued for 12 months. The thrombus resolved, and the aneurysm remained unchanged. An azygous vein aneurysm is a very rare condition that causes pulmonary arterial thromboembolism. Although surgical resection is indicated for patients with azygous vein aneurysms with a risk of rupture and pulmonary embolism, we chose anticoagulation therapy because of the patient's advanced age. This case suggests that the azygous vein aneurysm is one of the differential diagnoses for a mediastinal mass and that anticoagulation therapy can be the treatment of choice for pulmonary arterial thromboembolism with an azygous vein aneurysm.

Keywords: Azygous vein aneurysm; edoxaban; pulmonary arterial thromboembolism

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