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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 conflic... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome and telangiectasia in a man with lymphoma

The differential diagnosis for a large anterior mediastinal mass includes the 5 Ts: thymoma, teratoma, thyroid cancer, thoracic aortic aneurysm and tumour. In theory, any of these conditions could cau... read more

2. Approach to the Patient with Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is the least common but most lethal of ... in 27% (4–44%), pain in 16% (9–32%), cough and hemoptysis each in 10%, and superior vena cava syndrome in 8% (5–12%) (4). Distan... read more

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

What every physician needs to know: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL ... The emergencies in DLBCL are related to bulky presentations and include subacute and acute superior vena cava (SVC) syndrom... 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 usual... read more

Testicular Cancer: Maintaining the High Cure Rate

Primary testicular cancer commonly presents as a ... and occasionally with superior vena cava syndrome. Mediastinal NSGCTs are commonly associated with metastases at presentation, and the symptoms ref... read more

Mediastinal Mass

The most common location for a mediastinal mass is anterior, of which an estimated 35% are thymic malignancies, approximately 25% are lymphomas, 15% are either thyroid or other ... cough, superior ven... 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 he... 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

Hodgkin lymphoma

Chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome are rare ... common histologies are nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, anap... read more