Transvenous biopsy of mediastinal lymphoma invading the superior vena cava.
Malignant disease in the mediastinum often presents as superior vena cava syndrome. In this emergency setting, expeditious tissue diagnosis is frequently of extreme importance. We report a case where tissue diagnosis was obtained by cardiac biopsy technique.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology*