Brzezniak Christina, Oronsky Bryan, Carter Corey A, Thilagar Bennett, Caroen Scott, Zeman Karen
aWalter Reed Military Medical Center Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
bEpicentRx, San Diego, California, USA.
Case Rep Oncol. 2017 Mar 17;10(1):252-257. doi: 10.1159/000464278. eCollection 2017 Jan-Apr.
Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, a potential oncologic emergency, is closely associated with malignancy and right-sided lung cancer in particular. A case of SVC syndrome presenting with facial swelling, neck distension, and enlarged veins of the upper chest, which developed over a period of 5 weeks in a 46-year-old patient on a clinical trial with small-cell lung cancer, is reported. Computed tomography scan of the chest revealed slight enlargement of a superior conglomerate mediastinal lymphadenopathy and intramural thrombus of the SVC. The etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the SVC syndrome are discussed.
上腔静脉(SVC)综合征是一种潜在的肿瘤急症,与恶性肿瘤密切相关,尤其是右侧肺癌。本文报告了一例SVC综合征病例,该患者为一名46岁的小细胞肺癌临床试验患者,在5周内出现面部肿胀、颈部肿胀和上胸部静脉扩张。胸部计算机断层扫描显示上纵隔淋巴结肿大轻微,SVC壁内血栓形成。文中讨论了SVC综合征的病因、诊断和治疗。