ALLMedicine™ Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Center

May 8th, 2021 - Small cell lung carcinoma, when associated with co-occurrence of complications such as paraneoplastic syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome, poses a greater management challenge to the clinical team. We report a 56-year-old man who was eventual...

Apr 28th, 2021 - Pacemaker-Associated Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.|2021|Miller A,Schneider J,|adverse effects,diagnosis,etiology,diagnostic imaging,

Apr 10th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a relatively rare etiology of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, with only 24 cases reported in the literature. The characteristics, management, and prognosis of HL-associated SVC syndrome remain unclear. This c...

Mar 23rd, 2021 - We present the case of a 53-year-old woman with a history of maintenance hemodialysis through arteriovenous fistula, CUFF catheter (cuffed tunneled catheter) and artificial vascular graft successively. Some signs of superior vena cava syndrome hav...

Mar 22nd, 2021 - BACKGROUND Malignant disease is a common etiology of superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS). Being a medical emergency, it often requires rapid diagnostic evaluation and therapy. Transcaval biopsy and endovascular stenting in a single-setting has been...

May 8th, 2021 - Small cell lung carcinoma, when associated with co-occurrence of complications such as paraneoplastic syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome, poses a greater management challenge to the clinical team. We report a 56-year-old man who was eventual...

Apr 28th, 2021 - Pacemaker-Associated Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.|2021|Miller A,Schneider J,|adverse effects,diagnosis,etiology,diagnostic imaging,

Apr 10th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a relatively rare etiology of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, with only 24 cases reported in the literature. The characteristics, management, and prognosis of HL-associated SVC syndrome remain unclear. This c...

Mar 23rd, 2021 - We present the case of a 53-year-old woman with a history of maintenance hemodialysis through arteriovenous fistula, CUFF catheter (cuffed tunneled catheter) and artificial vascular graft successively. Some signs of superior vena cava syndrome hav...

Mar 22nd, 2021 - BACKGROUND Malignant disease is a common etiology of superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS). Being a medical emergency, it often requires rapid diagnostic evaluation and therapy. Transcaval biopsy and endovascular stenting in a single-setting has been...

Jul 10th, 2018 - Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a form of DLBCL arising in the mediastinum from the thymic B cell. It is an uncommon entity and has clinical and pathologic features distinct from syste.

Nov 17th, 2014 - Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome refers to a constellation of symptoms produced by the obstruction of blood flow through the SVC, resulting in symptoms of dyspnea, facial and upper-extremity edema, cough, chest pain, and dysphagia. 1 Malignancies.

Jun 1st, 2012 - A 60-year-old man presented with progressive swelling of his face and neck, which had begun 2 weeks earlier. He denied any headache, lightheadedness, blurry vision, syncope, or change in his cognitive or memory function.

ABSTRACTMost cancer patients experience at least one emergency during the course of the disease. This paper reviews the diagnosis and treatment of tumor lysis syndrome, hypercalcemia of malignancy, superior vena cava syndrome, spinal cord compress.

ABSTRACT Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is a relatively common complication of lung cancer or lymphoma, and in fact is often the initial manifestation of these diseases. However, benign causes also exist, and physicians should not automatically.