Melioidosis mimicking primary lung malignancy with superior vena cava obstruction

Melioidosis mimicking primary lung malignancy with superior vena cava obstruction

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Level 5, Block B, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia, and College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairn...

CT findings in superior vena cava obstruction.

T HE CLINICAL manifestations of SVCS were first described by Hunter in 1757, secondary to a syphilitic aneurysm of the ascending aorta.’ SVCS usually has an insidious presentation and eventually leads to a collection of signs and symptoms that together are diagnostic of the disorder. Obstruction of the SVC may result from external compression or intrinsic thrombotic disorders, and leads to prox...

Superior vena cava obstruction in cystic fibrosis.

Benign obstruction of the superior vena cava.

Hunter' was the first to report a case of superior vena cava obstruction. Ehlrich2 et al. and McIntire and Sykes3 have extensively reviewed the world literature. Obstruction of the superior vena cava due to primary endothoracic malignant tumours or aneurysm is not uncommon, accounting for 94 per cent. of our cases, but benign lesions causing obstruction of this vessel are rare Oschner and Dixon...

Primary lung lymphoma involving the superior vena cava

Primary lung lymphoma (PLL) presenting as a primary pulmonary lesion is rare and usually affects elderly people. Here we describe a 25-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with primary lung lymphoma, which presented as a huge lung tumor mimicking a primary lung cancer and involving the superior vena cava. He underwent double-sleeve reconstructions of bronchus and pulmonary arteries with right upper- ...