Acute superior vena cava occlusion after stenting of tracheoesophageal fistula.
Acute development of superior vena cava syndrome is unusual. This report describes a patient who suddenly presented with a superior vena cava obstruction after esophageal and tracheal stenting for a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Stenting of the superior vena cava rapidly alleviated the obstruction and resulted in resolution of symptoms.
Kapadia
Muneera R
MR
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
de Hoyos
Alberto L
AL
Blum
Matthew G
MG