Acute Superior Vena Cava Occlusion After Stenting of Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Acute development of superior vena cava syndrome is unusual. This report describes a patient who suddenly presented with a superior vena cava obstruction after esophageal and tracheal stenting for a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Stenting of the superior vena cava rapidly alleviated the obstru...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2009-04, Vol.87 (4), p.1260-1262
Hauptverfasser:	Kapadia, Muneera R., MD, de Hoyos, Alberto L., MD, Blum, Matthew G., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - complications Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Diseases of the cardiovascular system Humans Lung Neoplasms - complications Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Stents Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - etiology Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - therapy Surgery Tracheoesophageal Fistula - etiology Tracheoesophageal Fistula - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Acute development of superior vena cava syndrome is unusual. This report describes a patient who suddenly presented with a superior vena cava obstruction after esophageal and tracheal stenting for a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Stenting of the superior vena cava rapidly alleviated the obstruction and resulted in resolution of symptoms.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.064