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...

superior vena cava (svc) syndrome is not an uncommon occurrence in patients with malignancy and it is often described as a medical emergency. in majority of the cases, svc syndrome occurs due to mechanical obstruction of the svc by extraluminal compression with primary intrathoracic malignancies. however, intraluminal obstruction due to thrombosis can also produce symptoms and signs of svc synd...

reports which describe sick sinus syndrome due to malignant lymphoma have been rare and only eight cases have been reported until now. this is a case of sick sinus syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome secondary to invasion of occult malignant lymphoma of the lung in a 60 years old male. there were no symptoms or signs of malignancy before the first presentation with sick sinus syndrome. pat...

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conclusions our case showed that if the respiratory failure occurred due to substernal goiter and svcs, we would need to investigate the coexistence of osas and svcs. case presentation we presented the clinical course and treatment of acute respiratory failure (arf) developed in a patient with svcs and osas due to substernal goiter. after treatment of arf with invasive mechanical ventilation, w...

primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (nec) of the mediastinum is a rare type of carcinoma. according to the literature, only five cases of this condition have been reported so far. in this paper, we present a rare case of mediastinal nec of unknown primary site. the patient was a 34-year-old man with mediastinal nec, who presented with chronic dry cough and a right-sided mediastinal mass one year p...

Filling defects are often observed on 99mTc sulfur colloid liver scans. Hot spots are much less frequently seen. Superior vena cava syndrome is the most frequent cause of this finding. In this report 3 patients with S.V.C and budd - Chiari syndrome with HOT SPOT on liver scan are presented. Mechanisms of scintigraphic patterns are reviewed.

Ascending aortic aneurysm is a rare cause of superior vena cava syndrome. Herein, we describe a case of superior vena cava syndrome caused by a chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm after aortic valve replacement. A successful replacement of the aortic root and ascending aorta led to an improvement of edema of the face and bilateral upper limbs caused by superior vena cava syndrome.

A case of superior vena cava syndrome caused by a primary intimal sarcoma of the superior vena cava is described. The known causes of superior vena caval obstruction are discussed, together with the difficulties in identifying the underlying lesion. The possibility of a primary superior vena caval neoplasm as a cause of superior vena caval obstruction should be considered in patients presenting...