Superior vena caval obstruction caused by sarcoidosis.

Superior vena caval obstruction caused by sarcoidosis.

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#{...

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.

Sleep apnoea syndrome caused by neurofibromatosis and superior vena caval obstruction.

A 73-year-old man had been attending the Chest Clinic for 16 years with progressive chronic airways obstruction caused by smoking. Upper mediastinal shadows first noticed in 1945 after a chest radiograph had been proved histologically to be neurofibromata after thoracotomy. In 1976 his collar size increased and signs of SVC obstruction were first recorded. At this time his FEV1 had dropped to 0...