We report an interesting case of a man with a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) with left azygos vein who underwent electrophysiological evaluation. Further evaluation revealed congenital dilated azygos vein, while a segment connecting the inferior vena cava (IVC) to the hepatic vein and right atrium was missing. The azygos vein drained into the superior vena cava, and the hepatic vein...

Surgicel, an absorbable haemostat, is widely used in cardiovascular surgery. An 81-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with ischaemic mitral regurgitation, underwent mitral valve plasty and coronary artery bypass grafting. On postoperative day two, her superior vena cava (SVC) pressure gradually rose to 38 mmHg and she developed low output syndrome. Emergent surgery revealed that the cause of SVC...

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 Kronik bir hastalık olan kanser, hücrelerin anormal şekilde, kontrolsüz biçimde çoğalmasıyla meydana gelir. Kanser, erken teşhis ve tedavi edilmediğinde ölümle sonuçlanabilen sağlık sorunudur. Onkolojik aciller, kanser hastasının tedavisi ile ilişkili akut ya da kanserin doğrudan veya dolaylı etkilerine sekonder olarak gelişen, potansiyel acil gerektiren yaşamı tehdit eden durum tanıml...

PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to highlight the dilemma and the associated clinical implications in treating a patient with superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) with a coexisting coagulophathy. CLINICAL FEATURES This case report describes a post-bone marrow transplant patient who was admitted to our ICU because of bronchiectasis complicated with nosocomial pneumonia. Following the recove...

NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs PSA: prostate-specific antigen INTRODUCTION Trousseau syndrome is a hypercoagulable state in association with an underlying malignancy. It is associated with myriad arterial and venous thrombotic events such as superior vena cava obstruction, noninfectious endocarditis, and myocardial infarction. Here we describe an unusual presentation of Trousseau s...

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INTRODUCTION Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction secondary to central venous catheterization is an increasingly recognized complication. CASE PRESENTATION We present two cases of superior vena cava obstruction secondary to indwelling central venous catheters used for haemodialysis access. One of the patients developed the unusual complications of torrential epistaxis and haemoptysis, which h...