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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

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

A 59-year-old man with hypertension and Crohn's disease that was complicated by fistulas was found unconscious at home. He was being treated with infliximab administered through a central venous acces... 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

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

Sherman Hemsley Died from Lung Cancer

Sherman Hemsley-- the actor famous for playing George Jefferson ... According to the Postmortem Report, obtained by TMZ, the primary cause of death is listed as "superior vena cava syndrome" -- a comp... read more

Superior vena cava syndrome and telangiectasia in a man with lymphoma

Our patient's lymphoma was diagnosed in part because he presented with acute superior vena cava syndrome. This syndrome occurs when venous return from the upper half of the body is obstructed, which c... read more

Oncologic Emergencies and Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a common occurrence in cancer patients and can lead to life-threatening complications such as cerebral or laryngeal edema. Although most commonly resulting from e... 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 (SVC) syndrome

SVC syndrome is caused by obstruction of blood flow through the SVC. This can be due to extrinsic compression of the vessel (tumor), intrinsic obstruction (thrombus), or a combination of the two. At o... read more

The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Evolving Etiology

From the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine (TWR, RMR, RWL), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care (RMR, RWL), Saint Thomas Hosp... 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