Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is characterized by gradual, insidious compression or obstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC). The most common etiology of SVCS is related to malignancy such as bronchogenic CA and lymphoma. Other cases have a variety of causes such as chronic infections and chronic inflammations that involve the mediastinum. Spontaneous SVC thrombosis is also known to occ...

We report a case of an unusual congenital triad consisting of absence of coronary sinus, persistent left superior vena cava and scimitar syndrome incidentally found in a CT-scan performed on a female complaining of exertional dyspnea.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using carbon dioxide (CO(2)) as a contrast agent in performing bedside inferior vena cavagrams before the insertion of vena cava filters. There was a consecutive series of patients undergoing bedside preinsertion cavagrams with inferior vena cava filter insertion. The setting was an 825-bed tertiary care hospital. The subj...

A 3-week-old female underwent transthoracic echocardiography (iE33, Philips medical system, Andover, MA, USA) to evaluate a grade 1 systolic murmur. In the subcostal view, blood flow in the inferior vena cava drained to the right atrium, while no blood flow from the superior vena cava to the right atrium was noted (Figure 1A). In the four-chamber view, no superior vena caval blood flow was seen...

o bstruction of the superior vena cava produces a dramatic syndrome consisting of edema and plethora of the face, neck, and arms, engorgement of the veins in the neck, and the appearance of dilated, tortuous, superficial collateral veins on the arms, neck, and upper torso.’ The patient may also suffer from dyspnea and disturbance of the sensorium, both often worse in the recumbent position, and...

Primary cardiac tumors1 are very uncommon. They include the myxoma, which constitutes between 42% and 77% of these lesions. In contrast, metastatic cardiac tumors are more common, and their incidence in autopsies of patients with generalized neoplasms ranges between 10% and 20%.2 Melanoma is the tumor that most frequently produces cardiac metastases, followed by malignant germ cell tumor (in a ...

Introduction Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) is a rare syndrome occurring in ca. 0.3% of the population without congenital heart defects. Most frequently this syndrome has no symptoms and is discovered incidentally during the autopsy or pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator implantation trials [1–3]. Ninety-two percent of cases show that the persistent left superior vena cava passes...

duplication of inferior vena cava (ivc) is a rare fi nding in radiologic studies and its coincidence with thrombosis is even rarer. here we described a rare case with duplication of ivc and symptomatic venous thrombosis of her lower extrimity.