ALLMedicine™ Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Center

Jul 19th, 2020 - With the limited number of available suitable donor hearts resulting in plateaued numbers of heart transplantations, short- and long-term mechanical circulatory support devices, including the implantation of total artificial hearts (TAHs) are moda...

Jul 15th, 2020 - A 61-year-old man presented with dysphagia, weight loss and shortness of breath. On examination, he had reduced lung sounds on the right, and obvious neck vein distention. Chest X-ray raised a suspicion of lung tumor with possible superior vena ca...

Jul 8th, 2020 - In this study, we describe an intrathoracic microsurgical lymphatico-venous anastomosis as an alternative surgical technique for the treatment of refractory chylothorax in an infant. This procedure allowed us to restore enteral nutrition within da...

Jun 16th, 2020 - Perfusion lung scintigraphy using SPECT/CT is one mainstay in diagnosing pulmonary embolism. Although typically almost all tracer will be accumulated in the lung capillaries, occasionally abnormal uptake can be detected. As superior vena cava synd...

May 4th, 2020 - There are no consensus guidelines on the management of catheter-related right atrial thrombus. We present the case of a 29-year-old female with end-stage renal disease who was found to have a large right atrial thrombus associated with her tunnele...

Jul 19th, 2020 - With the limited number of available suitable donor hearts resulting in plateaued numbers of heart transplantations, short- and long-term mechanical circulatory support devices, including the implantation of total artificial hearts (TAHs) are moda...

Jul 15th, 2020 - A 61-year-old man presented with dysphagia, weight loss and shortness of breath. On examination, he had reduced lung sounds on the right, and obvious neck vein distention. Chest X-ray raised a suspicion of lung tumor with possible superior vena ca...

Jul 8th, 2020 - In this study, we describe an intrathoracic microsurgical lymphatico-venous anastomosis as an alternative surgical technique for the treatment of refractory chylothorax in an infant. This procedure allowed us to restore enteral nutrition within da...

Jun 16th, 2020 - Perfusion lung scintigraphy using SPECT/CT is one mainstay in diagnosing pulmonary embolism. Although typically almost all tracer will be accumulated in the lung capillaries, occasionally abnormal uptake can be detected. As superior vena cava synd...

May 4th, 2020 - There are no consensus guidelines on the management of catheter-related right atrial thrombus. We present the case of a 29-year-old female with end-stage renal disease who was found to have a large right atrial thrombus associated with her tunnele...

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.