title: [Surgical treatment of invasive thymoma with superior vena cava syndrome. 3 case reports].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neumología, Centro Médico Torreón, IMSS, Coah.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villarreal-Jiménez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portales-Castanedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padua y Gabriel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cícero-Sabido
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Tratamiento quirúrgico del timoma invasor con síndrome de vena cava superior. Informe de tres casos.