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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Presentation of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Few cases with SVC syndrome developed cardiac tamponade later ... ATC is an aggressive form of cancer which represents less than 2% of all thyroid cancers but accounts for 40% of deaths from thyroid ... 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

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

Dr. Douglas Beach

Cancer surgeons, or surgical oncologists, remove tumors, while medical oncologists treat cancers with chemotherapy. Radiation oncologists use multiple forms of radiation in an effort to eliminate ... read more

Tumour thrombus in the superior vena cava from anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid: FDG-PET/CT imaging findings

Biopsy showed an anaplastic thyroid cancer. This figure shows the coronal PET (a ... is located within the dilated superior vena cava. Vascular invasion of the superior vena cava was confirmed by MRI, ... read more

Small-cell lung cancer

Frequent symptoms at the time of presentation include fatigue, cough, dyspnea, weight loss, chest pain, and hemoptysis. Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is more common in SCLC than in non-small-cell ... 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

Thymoma: A Population-Based Study of the Management and Outcomes for the Province of British Columbia

Methods: All patients, diagnosed with thymoma or thymic carcinoma ... at presentation, whereas 20% presented with paraneoplastic syndromes. Other presenting symptoms included chest pain, cough, ... read more

Oncologic Emergencies and Paraneoplastic Syndromes: Page 7 of 7

In addition to those criteria, patients should have normal renal, adrenal, and thyroid function ... Endovascular treatment of malignant superior vena caba syndrome: Results and predictive factors of ... read more