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Revista Médica Sinergia 2018; 3 (09)

Superior vena cava syndrome: oncological emergency

Delgado DD

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 14-19
PDF size: 51.83 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The first description of superior vena cava syndrome was performed in 1757, by a Scottish physician, William Hunter, in a patient with syphilis aortic aneurysm. Any condition that causes obstruction of blood flow in the superior vena cava is given this name. Over time antibiotics were introduced, the infectious causes was displaced by neoplastic ones (90%) and to a lesser extent by intravenous devices, where thrombosis occurs. Treatment depends on etiology and severity, mainly radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cases of malignan etiology. This syndrome becomes a real emergency when it produces compression of the airway.


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