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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:557-558
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant atherosclerotic aneurysm of left internal mammary artery

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
^b Department of Cardiac Surgery, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy

Received 25 April 2006; received in revised form 30 May 2006; accepted 31 May 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Via Battuti Verdi n. 1, 47100 Forlì, FC, Italy. Tel.: +39 03356223366; fax: +39 0516364751. (Email: dellamore76@libero.it).

Key Words: Aneurysm • Left internal mammary artery • Mediastinum • Atherosclerosis

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An 82-year-old female was admitted for syncope. A large left-sided mediastinal mass was seen at chest X-ray and CT-scan (Fig. 1 ), left internal mammary artery (LIMA) aneurysm was confirmed . . . [Full Text of this Article]