The superior vena cava syndrome caused by malignant disease. Imaging with multi-detector row CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-103

  Eren, Suat ^a   Karaman, Adem ^a   Okur, Adnan ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3D volume rendering; CT angiography; Multi detector row CT; Obstruction; Superior vena cava; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

3D VOLUME RENDERING; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTI-DETECTOR ROW CT; OBSTRUCTION; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; AZYGOS VEIN; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEMIAZYGOUS VEIN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL VEIN; INTERNAL MAMMARY VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM VEIN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARAVERTEBRAL VEIN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SUPRARENAL VEIN; THORACOACROMIOCLAVICULAR VEIN; THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN; THORAX; THORAX CANCER; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745192811     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.01.003     Document Type: Review

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