Superior vena cava obstruction: complication of pulmonary artery ectasia in levo-transposition of the great arteries.
Obstruction of the superior vena cava developed in a 13-year-old child with levo-transposition of the great arteries and pulmonary artery hypertension. Obstruction was due to extrinsic compression of the superior vena cava by an ectatic mainpulmonary artery.
D000293:Adolescent; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior