Intraluminal leiomyosarcoma of the superior vena cava: A cause of superior vena cava syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-35

  Tovar Martin, E ^a,c   Tovar Pardo, A E ^a   Marini, M ^b   Pimentel, Y ^b   Rois, J M ^b  

^a USP Hospital Santa Teresa   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c Vascular Surgery   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Superior vena cava neoplasms; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SUTURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0030952964     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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