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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...

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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...

we present a very rare case of partially unroofed coronary sinus without persistent left superior vena cava in a 74 years old female with a history of hypertension, severe myxomatous bileaflet mitral valve prolapse with severe eccentric mitral regurgitation which was diagnosed during cardiac surgery.

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...

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...

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...

1 Povoski SP, Khabiri H. Persistent left superior vena cava: review of the literature, clinical implications, and relevance of alterations in thoracic central venous anatomy as pertaining to the general principles of central venous access device placement and venography in cancer patients. World J Surg Oncol 2011; 9: 173 2 Uçar O, Paşaoğlu L, Ciçekçioğlu H, Vural M, Kocaoğlu I, Aydoğdu S. Persi...

1 Povoski SP, Khabiri H. Persistent left superior vena cava: review of the literature, clinical implications, and relevance of alterations in thoracic central venous anatomy as pertaining to the general principles of central venous access device placement and venography in cancer patients. World J Surg Oncol 2011; 9: 173 2 Uçar O, Paşaoğlu L, Ciçekçioğlu H, Vural M, Kocaoğlu I, Aydoğdu S. Persi...