title: Acute superior vena cava occlusion after stenting of tracheoesophageal fistula.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Muneera R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kapadia
authors.forename: Alberto L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: de Hoyos
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Blum