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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

Oncologic Emergencies

However, certain characteristics ... cause of superior vena cava (SVC) thrombosis and the superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS). Lung cancer is the most common origin of the malignancy, leading to SVCS i... read more

Thromboembolic Events in Children and Young Adults With Pediatric Sarcoma

Patients and Methods To determine the risk and clinical features of TEs ... occurred in the inferior vena cava, two (9%) occurred in the right atrium, and one (4%) each occurred in the superior vena c... 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

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Miraculous quest for the quantum

On top of that, there are few radiation oncology emergencies (acute spinal cord compression by tumor, acute superior vena cava syndrome, or cerebral edema ... The EPFX/QXCI can help correct underlying ... read more

Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Cancer Patients

Because diagnosis of the condition based on clinical grounds alone is unreliable ... In addition, such findings make the assessment of inferior vena cava (IVC) or superior vena cava (SVC) patency diff... read more

Esophageal tumors

Causes and patterns of incidence are different in these ... unless there are acute airway emergencies or progressive life-threatening conditions. Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. SVC syndrome is unc... 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

Preterm Thrombocytopenia and Delay of Ductus Arteriosus Closure

We excluded infants with the following conditions: perinatal asphyxia (Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes or cord pH <7.1), clinical syndrome of early-onset ... left ventricular output to superior vena cava ... read more

Bilateral pleural effusions

A repeat chest radiograph and CT scan of the thorax showed bilateral pleural effusions (more so on the right side) (Figure 1). Because the pleural effusions were uneven and there was no history or cli... read more

Portal hypertension

Signs and symptoms are varied and related to the underlying cause of the portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is defined as a pathologic elevation in portal venous pressures. The causes are classi... 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