Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 5 , Pages 421-422 , May 2010

Saccular superior vena cava aneurysm — incidental diagnosis by MDCT

  • T.R. Enright
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  • J.P. Kanne

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.P. Kanne, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, MC3252, Madison, WI 53572, USA. Tel.: +1 608 265 6328; fax: +1 608 262 6214.

,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 11 January 2010.

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PII: S0009-9260(10)00038-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.007

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 5 , Pages 421-422 , May 2010

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