Superior vena cava syndrome in the CT scanning

Grzegorz Wróbel

doi:10.20883/jms.2018.301

Authors

Grzegorz Wróbel Department of Anatomy, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-1692

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20883/jms.2018.301

Keywords:

superior vena cava syndrome, CT, tumor

Abstract

The study concerns a 67-year-old woman with symptoms such as swelling of the face, neck and upper limbs; bruising in the head and neck region; conjunctival hyperemia; excessive filling of the jugular veins. The CT examination was performed using the SOMATOM Definition AS (Siemens) and analyzed with SYNGO Multi-Modality CT Workstation (Siemens). The study showed a tumoral mass (67 x 91 mm) located in the right upper lobe and adjacent to the mediastinum, simultaneously invades the superior vena cava and causes it to narrow completely.

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Author Biography

Grzegorz Wróbel, Department of Anatomy, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University

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