Facial Swelling Mimicking Anaphylaxis: A Case of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in the Emergency Department

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome represents clinical manifestations from obstruction of the SVC. It is an uncommon medical emergency that is commonly missed. SVC obstruction is usually caused by extraluminal compression by an intrathoracic mass or intraluminal obstruction from a thrombus. The latte...

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Autores principales: Salama, Mohamed Elamin, Ukwade, Patrick, Khan, Abdur Rafeh, Qayyum, Hasan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320962
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29678

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