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Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement

This case report describes a postmenopausal woman presenting to the breast surgery clinic with right breast enlargement, new spider veins on the chest, dyspnea, and facial swelling. She was treated for lung cancer. Imaging showed her right hilar mass causing critical superior vena cava (SVC) stenosi...

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Autor principal: Khera, Samira Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36035230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.04.018
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description This case report describes a postmenopausal woman presenting to the breast surgery clinic with right breast enlargement, new spider veins on the chest, dyspnea, and facial swelling. She was treated for lung cancer. Imaging showed her right hilar mass causing critical superior vena cava (SVC) stenosis. She was transferred to thoracic surgery, underwent SVC stent placement, and her symptoms improved. SVC syndrome as a cause of right breast enlargement is unusual; therefore, carefully reviewing symptoms, medical history, and physical examination is crucial for diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-94111792022-08-27 Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement Khera, Samira Y. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Case report This case report describes a postmenopausal woman presenting to the breast surgery clinic with right breast enlargement, new spider veins on the chest, dyspnea, and facial swelling. She was treated for lung cancer. Imaging showed her right hilar mass causing critical superior vena cava (SVC) stenosis. She was transferred to thoracic surgery, underwent SVC stent placement, and her symptoms improved. SVC syndrome as a cause of right breast enlargement is unusual; therefore, carefully reviewing symptoms, medical history, and physical examination is crucial for diagnosis. Elsevier 2022-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9411179/ /pubmed/36035230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.04.018 Text en © 2022 The Author https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement
title_fullStr Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement
title_full_unstemmed Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement
title_short Superior vena cava syndrome as unilateral right breast enlargement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36035230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.04.018
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