Journal:
:middle east journal of cancer
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santanu ghosh department of pulmonary medicine, burdwan medical college, burdwan,
west bengal, india
kaushik saha department of pulmonary medicine, burdwan medical college, burdwan,
west bengal, india
arnab saha department of pulmonary medicine, burdwan medical college, burdwan,
west bengal, india
mrinmoy mitra department of pulmonary medicine, burdwan medical college, burdwan,
west bengal, india
superior vena cava syndrome is a common presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma. the mechanism of obstruction is by compression of superior vena cava by the bronchogenic tumor itself or enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. however obstruction due to intravascular thrombosis is extremely uncommon. here, we report a rare case of a 65-year-old male smoker who presented with superior vena cava syndrome...
