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[Superior vena cava syndrome].

Il Giornale di chirurgia, 2002
Superior vena cava syndrome is due to an intrinsic or extrinsic caval obstruction that evolves in acute or subacute way with distinctive clinical feature such as respiratory symptoms and venous stasis. Since 1998 we have treated three cases of spontaneous superior vena cava thrombosis in neoplastic patients who underwent several infusion of ...
STAGNITTI, Franco, MONGARDINI, Massimo, COLETTI, Massimo, CALDERALE, Stefano Massimiliano, RIBALDI S., SALVI, Pier Federico, SCHILLACI, Francesco, BRESADOLA, Luciano   +7 more
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Vena cava anomalies in thoracic surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Vena cava anomalies are a rare group of anatomical variations due to an incorrect development of the superior or inferior vena cava during fetal life.
Anile, Marco, Anzidei, Michele, Bassi, Massimiliano, Diso, Daniele, Mantovani, Sara, Pagini, Andreina, Poggi, Camilla, Venuta, Federico   +7 more
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Thymic carcinoma and superior vena cava syndrome: Case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Tumor thrombus into the superior vena cava have been rarely reported in cases with mediastinal tumors. These tumors are frequently invasive and continuous from the main tumor that normally shows direct vessel wall invasion, but not in this case.
Rafaela B.C. Mano, Amanda O. Vicente, Amanda S. Pereira, João Pedro E. Sant’Ana, Pedro V. Bertozzi, Rodrigo A.S. Sardenberg   +5 more
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Upper limb venous approach for stenting superior vena cava syndrome: Two interesting cases and review of literature

Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2021
In superior vena cava syndrome, relieving the obstruction by stenting is the treatment of choice to alleviate the symptoms. We present cases of two patients with superior vena cava obstruction who underwent successful revascularization with the placement
Sunil Nichaldas Gurmukhani, Sanjay Shah, Samir Pancholy, Tejas Patel   +3 more
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Fetal heterotaxy with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, and isomerism of the right atrial appendages at 22 weeks. [PDF]

, 2013
We report the accurate prenatal diagnosis at 22 weeks gestation of right atrial isomerism in association with tricuspid atresia. Several distinctive sonographic features of isomerism of the right atrial appendages were present in this fetus: complex ...
Richardson, Randy R, Silverman, Norman H, Solomon, Julia E, Stock, John H   +3 more
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Superior vena cava syndrome: Clinical considerations

Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2018
Background: The superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a rare pathological process caused by the superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO). Aim: To know the main causes of SVCS in a third level hospital.
B. Pech-Alonso, C. Fermín-Hernández, S.I. Saavedra-de Rosas, R.J. Cicero-Sabido   +3 more
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Endovascular stenting for malignant superior vena cava syndrome - Case series and review of literature

Lung India, 2023
The treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) revolves around radiotherapy and chemotherapy to relieve symptoms with surgery being ruled out due to the advanced stage of malignancy.
Abdul Majeed Arshad, Arun Pandiyan Somasundara Pandiyan, Irfan Ismail Ayub, Chandrasekar Chockalingam, Dhanasekar Thangaswamy   +4 more
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Beware of venous anomalies in young patients with sick sinus syndrome: A report of two cases of sick sinus syndrome with systemic venous anomalies

Heart Views, 2015
We report two young patients with symptomatic sick sinus syndrome admitted for permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI). On evaluation with echocardiography, one of them was found to have persistent left superior vena cava and venography showed absent ...
Shanmuga Sundaram Rathakrishnan, Tamilarasu Kaliappan, Rajendiran Gopalan   +2 more
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The CT Quadrate lobe hot spot sign

Annals of Hepatology, 2010
Intense enhancement of the quadrate lobe in the arterial phase may be seen on computed tomography in patients of superior vena cava syndrome. We present this imaging finding in a case of lymphoma causing superior vena cava syndrome and discuss the ...
Vivek Virmani, Anupam Lai, Chirag K. Ahuja, Niranjan Khandelwal   +3 more
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Diffuse skin swelling as the initial presentation of superior vena cava syndrome caused by thoracic tumor: a case report

Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi, 2023
We present a case of superior vena cava syndrome caused by thoracic tumor with initial presentation of diffuse skin swelling. A 62-year-old female presented with facial erythema, swelling and itching for 6 months, with aggravation for 5 days ...
Shiyang LI, Xianwei CAO, Chuan WAN, Xuehua DENG, Chen YU, Hongxuan WU, Zhibin ZHANG   +6 more
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