Demonstration of a Progressive Superior Vena Caval Obstruction Reversed Following Radiation Therapy

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 247-250
Author(s):  
T. B. STRUSE
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Superior Vena Caval ◽  
Superior Vena Caval Obstruction

scholarly journals Radiation therapy in the treatment of superior vena caval obstruction

Cancer ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 2600-2603 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Davenport ◽  
Carolyn Ferree ◽  
Damon Blake ◽  
Milton Raben
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Superior Vena Caval ◽  
Superior Vena Caval Obstruction

Diagnosis of Superior Vena Caval Obstruction without Syndrome

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 160-163
Author(s):  
M. D. Kehr ◽  
Z. Petrovich ◽  
G. T. Krishnamurthy ◽  
W. H. Blahd
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
Scintillation Camera ◽  
Superior Vena Caval ◽  
Vena Cava Syndrome ◽  
Superior Vena Caval Obstruction

SummaryTen patients with known malignant intra-thoracic tumors and no evidence of superior vena cava syndrome were evaluated by means of scintillation camera superior venacavograms. Four of the ten patients proved to have unsuspected involvement of the superior vena cava or its tributaries. The scintillation camera superior venacavogram provides a quick, safe, and accurate method of evaluating the patency of the SVC and its tributaries. We suggest that it should be routinely performed on all patients prior to beginning radiation therapy for malignant intra-thoracic tumors.

Superior Vena Caval Obstruction Presenting as Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis

1974 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B. Hawkins ◽  
Victor G. Mikity ◽  
Charles R. Battaglia
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Ventriculoatrial Shunt ◽  
Superior Vena Caval ◽  
Severe Respiratory Distress ◽  
Airway Symptoms ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Superior Vena Caval Obstruction ◽  
Collateral Vessels

A two-year-old child was hospitalized with a diagnosis of laryngotracheo-bronchitis. His airway symptoms, however, were the presenting manifestations of superior vena caval thrombosis around a ventriculoatrial shunt. Subglottic edema obstructed his airway initially; this was relieved by tracheostomy. Later, progressive tracheobronchial compression from the dilated superior vena cava and its collateral vessels almost proved fatal. Removal of the shunt allowed blood to flow through the thrombus. This relieved the patient's severe respiratory distress within hours.

Venography in Superior Vena Caval Obstruction

Radiology ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Granville W. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Superior Vena ◽  
Superior Vena Caval ◽  
Superior Vena Caval Obstruction
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