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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

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 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

Clinical Approach Defined for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

New Haven, Conn. — Yale Cancer Center physicians have presented clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of superior vena cava syndrome in this week’s issue of the New Engla... read more

SVC Syndrome

Hi-I was just wondering if anyone's little one had SVC Syndrome. In Talia's last surgery- they undid her partial glenn and now where the glenn was- there are veins growing there and making the Super V... 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: 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

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

Answer to Medical Mystery Monday #54

This patient’s lung cancer has also caused him to develop Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome. The SVC is the vein that collects blood from your upper body to return it to the heart. This vein can be bl... 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 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

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