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Collateral systems in superior vena cava occlusion

Open Access
|Nov 2012

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman presents at the hospital with heavily developed subcutaneous collaterals over the chest. She suffers from slight discomfort, but no pain nor dyspnea. When bending forward, she feels her head swell. The patient has a history of right-sided breast cancer 5 years previously, treated with mastectomy and radiation therapy. Blood results show no increase of tumor markers (CA15-3 19 kU/L (reference < 30 kU/L)).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.731 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Published on: Nov 1, 2012
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2012 C Balliauw, M Koolen, J Verschakelen, W De Wever, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.