Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block in a Patient with Limited Positioning Ability Due to Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Case Report

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) can exhibit severe pain or discomfort as a symptom due to swelling. Although symptoms caused by SVCS are generally managed by removing the source of obstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC), this is impossible in some cases such as in cancer patients in the terminal stage because of a wide extent of tumor mass invasion. In these cases, the only available therapeutic measure could be the symptomatic treatment. In the present case, stellate ganglion block (SGB) was utilized to alleviate the pain in the right upper extremity due to SVCS caused by multiple metastases of uterine sarcoma. KCI Citation Count: 0