ALLMedicine Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Center

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...

Apr 27th, 2020 - Covered stents have a continually expanding spectrum of applications for patients with congenital heart disease. Here we report use of covered stents to successfully perform a first-in-human percutaneous biventricular conversion of a 1.5 ventricle...

Apr 25th, 2020 - Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) often relates to malignant causes such as lung tumors, metastatic cancer, or lymphomas. While the diagnosis relies nowadays on the use of contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography, ultrasonography may have a...

Apr 15th, 2020 - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome With Laryngeal Edema Mimicking Drug-Induced Angioedema: Implications for Otolaryngology.|2020|Bassiouni M,Olze H,Dommerich S,|

Mar 31st, 2020 - The article describes unusual caval-portal anastomosis via paraumbilical veins, which has resulted in the hepatic pseudolesion around the falciform ligament. We present a case of a 41-year-old male diagnosed with superior vena cava syndrome. Abdom...

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...

Apr 27th, 2020 - Covered stents have a continually expanding spectrum of applications for patients with congenital heart disease. Here we report use of covered stents to successfully perform a first-in-human percutaneous biventricular conversion of a 1.5 ventricle...

Apr 25th, 2020 - Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) often relates to malignant causes such as lung tumors, metastatic cancer, or lymphomas. While the diagnosis relies nowadays on the use of contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography, ultrasonography may have a...

Apr 15th, 2020 - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome With Laryngeal Edema Mimicking Drug-Induced Angioedema: Implications for Otolaryngology.|2020|Bassiouni M,Olze H,Dommerich S,|

Mar 31st, 2020 - The article describes unusual caval-portal anastomosis via paraumbilical veins, which has resulted in the hepatic pseudolesion around the falciform ligament. We present a case of a 41-year-old male diagnosed with superior vena cava syndrome. Abdom...

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.