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Treatment of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis in a patient with colorectal cancer: combination of SVC stenting and IVC filter placement to palliate symptoms and pave the way for port implantation [PDF]
, 2008 Thrombosis of the inferior vena cava is a life-threatening complication in cancer patients leading to pulmonary embolism. These patients can also be affected by superior vena cava syndrome causing dyspnea followed by trunk or extremity swelling.
Kickuth, Ralph +3 more
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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 +4 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 +5 more
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Congenital Absence of Superior Vena Cava with no Manifestation of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome [PDF]
Korean Circulation Journal, 2016 Total absence of superior vena cava (SVC) is a very rare anomaly, and the patient usually suffers from SVC syndrome or conduction disturbances. We report an asymptomatic 27 year-old male, with complete absence of SVC. Transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography demonstrated the absence of SVC and other congenital cardiac anomalies, but the ...
Park, Chan Soon +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Journal belge de radiologie, 1993 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Gevenois, Pierre-Alain +3 more
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Superior vena cava obstruction after the Glenn procedure
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2019 Acute obstruction of superior vena cava anastomosis right after the Glenn procedure may lead to tragic consequences. We describe the case of a one-year-old child with tricuspid atresia and a previous Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure, who presented severe ...
Marina Costa Jonas +3 more
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2002 In order to study the clinical profile of children presenting with superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), case records of all children presenting with SVCS over a 10-year period were retrospectively analyzed.Twenty one children (20 males and 1 female) with a median age of 10.0 years (range 5.0 to 12.0 years) were detected to have an underlying ...
L S, Arya +5 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 +3 more
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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 +6 more
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