title: Aortic dissection presenting as superior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: Aortic dissection usually presents with chest pain, abnormal pulses, and a widened mediastinum on chest radiograph. It is rarely associated with the superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), which more commonly occurs in the setting of malignant disease. A patient who had SVCS as a result of a painless aortic dissection is presented and compared with other previously reported cases of simultaneous SVCS and aortic dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, MD 20331-6600.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pietrzak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*