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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

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 s... 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

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

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

The most common clinical presentation of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rapidly growing ... to the absence of symptoms of the primary lesion, and a case with superior vena cava syndrome, owing to th... read more

PHOTO QUIZ

The differential diagnosis of an anterior mediastinal mass includes mesenchymal cell tumor and the 4 Ts: thymoma, thyroid mass ... and may be accompanied by complications, such as superior vena cava s... read more

The Evaluation and Management of Bradycardia

In this article, we will briefly review the clinical presentation, pathophysiology ... specialized cells located in the sulcus terminalis at the junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium ... read more

Obese children with steatohepatitis can develop cirrhosis in childhood

His postoperative course was complicated by diabetes insipidus, thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus ... and a narrow inferior vena cava. A hepatic venogram was obtained, excluding Budd-Chiari sy... 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

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