Delayed spontaneous superior vena cava perforation associated with a SVC wallstent.
A patient was referred for superior vena cava (SVC) stenting prior to surgical biopsy of a mediastinal mass. A technically satisfactory insertion was followed 6 months later by cardiac tamponade with two legs of the Wallstent having perforated the wall of the SVC.
Smith
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Department of Radiology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Suffolk, UK. simonsmith@ukonline.co.uk
Manhire
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Clark
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D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000293:injuries*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*