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The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Evolving Etiology

Abstract: Malignancy is the most common cause of the superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. With the increasing use of intravascular devices, the incidence of the SVC syndrome arising from benign etiologi... read more

The Body’s Pathways: The Superior and Inferior Vena Cava

There are conditions that can impact the venae cavae. These include Superior vena cava syndrome, which occurs when the vein is obstructed or constricted. This can lead to obstruction of blood flow to ... read more

BRAF-Targeted Therapy to Treat Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in a Patient With Metastatic Cancer

Because SVCS does not typically present as an emergency situation, it is classically treated only when the symptoms are severe or there is an underlying malignancy. Common approaches include chemother... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome and telangiectasia in a man with lymphoma

Lymphomas are neoplastic transformations of cells that reside primarily in lymphatic tissue, including reticuloendothelial organs. Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas have differing cellular origins ... read more

Sherman Hemsley Died Of Lung Cancer

It was lung cancer. According to the El Paso County Texas Medical Examiner’s post-mortem report, Sherman Hemsley’s cause of death was “superior vena cava syndrome” — a complication derived from a canc... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome: an increasingly frequent complication of cardiac procedures

CE Chee is a second year internal medicine resident at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. H Bjarnason is Chair of the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the Mayo Clinic in R... read more

Late Vascular Occlusion of Central Lines in Pediatric Malignancies

Four patients had required urokinase instillations, and one developed superior vena cava syndrome; 4 had a CVL-related infection (two superficial and two Candida line infections). Occlusion was seen o... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome following neonatal cardiac surgery

Objective: To review the incidence, diagnosis, and management of superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) after surgery for congenital heart disease. Design: Retrospective clinical review. All patients were ... read more

Preoperative Imaging of Thyroid Goiter: How Imaging Technique Can Influence Anatomic Appearance and Create a Potential for Inaccurate Interpretation

Severe mass effect on vascular structures can lead to findings of superior vena cava syndrome. Finally, goiters can also demonstrate more cephalad extension with exertion of mass effect on cervical va... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome

Although the exact incidence of superior vena cava syndrome remains unknown, the condition affects about 15 000 patients in the United States each year.1 It has mainly malignant causes. Nonmalignant c... read more

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