Investigation of superior vena caval obstruction.

Stenting of superior vena caval obstruction.

Twenty patients with superior vena caval obstruction (SVCO) due to malignancy were managed using the Gianturco Z stent. Three patients had adjunctive thrombolysis. The primary clinical success was 90% (18120 patients). Thirteen patients were free of SVCO to death or follow-up without re-intervention (primary patency= 65%). Three patients had re-intervention for recurrent symptoms, two successfu...

Superior vena caval obstruction caused by sarcoidosis.

Superior vena caval obstruction complicating fibreoptic gastroscopy.

Superior vena caval obstruction due to chronic mediastinitis.

Obstruction of the superior vena cava due to chronic mediastinitis has been recognized for at least a century (Hallet, 1848); and Ochsner and Dixon (1936) in their review of 120 reported cases of thrombosis of the superior vena cava found that 28 of these were caused by a fibrotic process within the mediastinum. Two such cases have come under my care during the last six years and I have had the...

Superior Vena Caval Obstruction complicating Carcinoma of Bronchus

OBSTRUCTION of the superior vena cava is a relatively common complication of bronchial neoplasm. The following case history describes its appearance as the presenting sign, of unusually rapid onset, in a patient with an unsuspected carcinoma of bronchus. CASE HISTORY. A man aged 74 was admitted to hospital complaining of weakness in his legs and of unsteadiness which had caused him to fall a fo...