Recurrent superior vena caval obstruction due to invasion by malignant thymoma: treatment using a stent-graft.
A stent-graft was used to palliate superior vena caval obstruction in a 50-year-old patient with histologically proven ingrowth of malignant thymoma through three previously inserted non-covered stents. The stent-graft is still patent 12 months later. This is the first report of such a procedure where histological evidence of tumour ingrowth is available and long-term patency is verified.
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Department of Radiology, St James's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
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Nicholson
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*