Aneurysm of the innominate artery: pathology simulating pulmonary neoplasm
Dominici, C.; Giusti, D.; Ferri, M.; Cappotto, F.P.; Covarelli, P.; Cordellini, M.
Minerva Chirurgica 44(7): 1107-1110
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 2664563 Document Number: 331440
A chance case of aneurysm of the brachiocephalic trunk suggested a review of the literature on this rare pathology. Stress is laid on the possible asymptomaticity of the lesion and on its frequent chance observation in chest X-rays; the diagnostic procedure, at times particularly complex, may not lead to decisive results but the possibility of aneurysm of the brachiocephalic trunk must be borne in mind in any case so as to avoid gross diagnostic and therapeutic errors.