Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is caused by compression or obstruction of the SVC. We report here in a case of SVC syndrome due to lymph node metastasis from urothelial cancer to the mediastinum and lung. The origin of metastasis was determined by computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of metasta...

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Autores principales: Wakeda, Hironobu, Hamasuna, Ryoichi, Asada, Yujiro, Kamoto, Toshiyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24311914
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120313
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author Wakeda, Hironobu
Hamasuna, Ryoichi
Asada, Yujiro
Kamoto, Toshiyuki
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description Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is caused by compression or obstruction of the SVC. We report here in a case of SVC syndrome due to lymph node metastasis from urothelial cancer to the mediastinum and lung. The origin of metastasis was determined by computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of metastases. After radiotherapy to the mediastinum with glucocorticoid failed, anticancer pharmacotherapy including paclitaxel, gemicitabine, and cisplatin proved effective and SVC syndrome resolved. But patient died from cerebral bleeding from newer brain metastases 10 months later.
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spelling pubmed-38359922013-12-05 Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review Wakeda, Hironobu Hamasuna, Ryoichi Asada, Yujiro Kamoto, Toshiyuki Urol Ann Case Report Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is caused by compression or obstruction of the SVC. We report here in a case of SVC syndrome due to lymph node metastasis from urothelial cancer to the mediastinum and lung. The origin of metastasis was determined by computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of metastases. After radiotherapy to the mediastinum with glucocorticoid failed, anticancer pharmacotherapy including paclitaxel, gemicitabine, and cisplatin proved effective and SVC syndrome resolved. But patient died from cerebral bleeding from newer brain metastases 10 months later. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3835992/ /pubmed/24311914 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120313 Text en Copyright: © Urology Annals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wakeda, Hironobu
Hamasuna, Ryoichi
Asada, Yujiro
Kamoto, Toshiyuki
Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title_full Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title_fullStr Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title_short Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: A case report and literature review
title_sort superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from urothelial cancer: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24311914
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120313
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