title: Transvenous biopsy of mediastinal lymphoma invading the superior vena cava.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*