Superior vena caval obstruction by myxoma

Superior vena caval obstruction caused by sarcoidosis.

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 complicating fibreoptic gastroscopy.

Superior vena caval system obstruction caused by benign endothoracic goiter.

The superior vena caval syndrome caused by a substernal thyroid is a rare occurrence. It can, however, result from external compression of the superior vena cava or innominate veins by an intrathoracic goiter. This report details such a case in which innominate vein occlusion was documented both by conventional venography and by a new technique utilizing a radionuclide (sodium pertechnetate 9#{...

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...