title: Blindness: a rare and serious complication after extensive mediastinal resection.
abstract: We describe the case of a patient in whom blindness developed as a result of superior vena cava syndrome after resection of a primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor.
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: George P
authors: GP
authors: Akkersdijk
authors: Albertus N
authors: AN
authors: van Geel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods