ALLMedicine™ Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Center

Jan 7th, 2021 - IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) was first identified as a systemic condition in 2003 when extra-pancreatic manifestations were identified in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis. Its peak incidence occurs in the fifth or sixth decades of life. Iso...

Dec 28th, 2020 - Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome comprises a constellation of clinical signs and symptoms caused by obstruction of blood flow through the SVC. The management of patients with life-threatening SVC syndrome is evolving from radiation therapy to end...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Superior vena cava syndrome is the obstruction of blood flow through the superior vena cava.

Nov 19th, 2020 - There is no consensus regarding the optimal management of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-related superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. We report our experience with transvenous lead extractions (TLEs) in the setting of symptomati...

Oct 31st, 2020 - To retrospectively evaluate the technical and clinical outcomes of superior vena cava (SVC) stent placement through upper-limb venous access in malignant SVC syndrome (SVCS) and compare the efficacy of different nitinol stent types. Between 2006 a...

Jan 7th, 2021 - IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) was first identified as a systemic condition in 2003 when extra-pancreatic manifestations were identified in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis. Its peak incidence occurs in the fifth or sixth decades of life. Iso...

Dec 28th, 2020 - Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome comprises a constellation of clinical signs and symptoms caused by obstruction of blood flow through the SVC. The management of patients with life-threatening SVC syndrome is evolving from radiation therapy to end...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Superior vena cava syndrome is the obstruction of blood flow through the superior vena cava.

Nov 19th, 2020 - There is no consensus regarding the optimal management of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-related superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. We report our experience with transvenous lead extractions (TLEs) in the setting of symptomati...

Oct 31st, 2020 - To retrospectively evaluate the technical and clinical outcomes of superior vena cava (SVC) stent placement through upper-limb venous access in malignant SVC syndrome (SVCS) and compare the efficacy of different nitinol stent types. Between 2006 a...

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.