Surgical management of superior vena caval syndrome in sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis causing the superior vena caval syndrome has been only rarely documented in the literature. We report surgical management of this problem with a spiral vein graft.
Department of Surgery, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*