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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 +3 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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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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A retrospective stenting study on superior vena cava syndrome caused by lung cancer
Thoracic Cancer, 2020 Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a common condition predominantly caused by lung cancer. The presence of symptoms of SVCS, such as elevated intracranial pressure and laryngeal edema, indicates an unfavorable prognosis for lung cancer patients ...
Sen Wei +8 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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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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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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Liver transplantation for arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille's syndrome) [PDF]
, 1992 Thirteen out of 268 children (
Borland, L +9 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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