[Surgical treatment of invasive thymoma with superior vena cava syndrome. 3 case reports].
Three patients with invasive thymoma and superior vena cava syndrome with severe symptoms of cerebral venous hypertension and respiratory obstruction are presented. Two patients showed a type I obstruction and the other had a type II obstruction as defined by Stanford and Doty. In all of them, the tumor was resected and a graft bypass was placed between the left innominate vein and the right appendage. In two patients the grafts were venous and in the other it was a PTFE. All grafts were reinforced with wire rings. The patients improved and the symptoms of the SVCS disappeared, the average time of permeability was 10 months.
Villarreal-Jiménez
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Departamento de Neumología, Centro Médico Torreón, IMSS, Coah.
Portales-Castanedo
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Padua y Gabriel
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Cícero-Sabido
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
Tratamiento quirúrgico del timoma invasor con síndrome de vena cava superior. Informe de tres casos.