Superior vena caval obstruction complicating fibreoptic gastroscopy.

Superior vena caval obstruction complicating fibreoptic gastroscopy.

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...

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 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...