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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Presentation of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Show More Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Endocrinology Section, Department of Medicine, Salem, VA AUTHOR'S DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The author(s) indicated no potential ... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome and telangiectasia in a man with lymphoma

Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas have differing cellular origins, presentations ... teratoma, thyroid cancer, thoracic aortic aneurysm and tumour. In theory, any of these conditions could cause ... read more

The Case Files: Face and Neck Swelling Hint at a Daunting Diagnosis

He was diagnosed with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome and small ... but this patient's presentation was unique because he had nonthreatening symptoms. Lung cancer and SVC syndrome symptoms are ... read more

Oncologic Emergencies

A nonmalignant but cancer-associated cause of the syndrome is related to indwelling catheters for vascular access. Superior vena cava syndrome develops as a result of diminished blood return to the ... read more

Case of Thyroid Involvement by Multiple Myeloma

In November 2010, the patient's general state of health began to worsen, with the onset of respiratory distress that was related to a superior vena cava syndrome resulting ... have suggested lymphoma ... read more

Surgery in Thyroid Disease

It has to be noted that the cellular characteristics of thyroid carcinoma are quite "benign," which is typical ... the heart itself or the cranial vena cava. Postoperative complications are common. In ... read more

Untreated Goiters Larger at Surgery in Men, Minorities, and the Old

Significant disparities exist in the presentation and outcomes of patients with ... the sensation of a mass in the throat, superior vena cava syndrome, and chylothorax due to thoracic duct compression ... read more

Cough and Dyspnea. Thinking beyond Pneumonia

The differential diagnosis for anterior mediastinal masses includes thymoma, lymphoma, thyroid lesions ... stridor, dysphagia, and superior vena cava syndrome (7). Similarly, if the location and size ... read more

Testicular Cancer: Maintaining the High Cure Rate

[1,2] All of these tumors have a common germ cell origin and, in the testicles, arise from precursor cells described histologically as carcinoma ... with superior vena cava syndrome. Mediastinal ... read more

ONCOLOGY NURSING CARE CONFERENCE: Structural & Metabolic Oncologic Emergencies: Early Recognition Crucial

These include spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome ... presentation typically have a survival of about nine months compared with only about two months for nonambulatory patients (JAMA ... read more

Indications for the Surgical Management of Benign Goiter in Adults

It is frequently argued that especially surgeons establish an indication for surgical management of benign goiter far too often ... resulting in superior vena cava syndrome (in 43 [22%] of 196 ... read more

Case reports in medicine

The incidental finding of a persistent left superior vena cava: implications for primary care providers-case and review. Preservation of the external jugular vein in bilateral radical neck dissections ... read more