Superior mediastinal and internal jugular venous thrombosis presenting to the otolaryngologist

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-45

  De Casso, Carmen ^a,b   Ghosh, Sudip ^a   Timms, Michael ^a   Morar, Pradeep ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jugular Veins; Organizational Case Studies; Superior Vena Cava Syndrome; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 13944270632     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215053222923     Document Type: Article

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