Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse

We report a case of a 29-year-old primigravida at 36 weeks of gestation following an emergency caesarean section, complicated by respiratory distress and multiorgan failure secondary to superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction, requiring intubation and prolonged ventilatory support. The presented case h...

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Autores principales: Kevric, Jasmina, Nair, Sanil, Ernest, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/415352
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description We report a case of a 29-year-old primigravida at 36 weeks of gestation following an emergency caesarean section, complicated by respiratory distress and multiorgan failure secondary to superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction, requiring intubation and prolonged ventilatory support. The presented case highlights the consequences of delayed recognition of SVC obstruction due to a reluctance to undertake appropriate radiological imaging during pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-41377482014-08-26 Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse Kevric, Jasmina Nair, Sanil Ernest, David Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report We report a case of a 29-year-old primigravida at 36 weeks of gestation following an emergency caesarean section, complicated by respiratory distress and multiorgan failure secondary to superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction, requiring intubation and prolonged ventilatory support. The presented case highlights the consequences of delayed recognition of SVC obstruction due to a reluctance to undertake appropriate radiological imaging during pregnancy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4137748/ /pubmed/25161787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/415352 Text en Copyright © 2014 Jasmina Kevric et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse
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title_full Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse
title_fullStr Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse
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title_short Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse
title_sort delayed recognition of a rare mediastinal lymphoma presenting as postpartum circulatory collapse
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137748/
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