title: [Acute superior vena cava syndrome on port catheter].
abstract: We are reporting the case of a 78-year-old patient, presenting an acute superior vena cava syndrome, caused by a port catheter, implanted 4 years ago. The outcome was unfavourable, despite of a fibrinolytic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation, centre hospitalier Robert-Boulin, 112, rue de la Marne, 33505 Libourne, France. slygarnier@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delord
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Parizano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merignargues
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gauche
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy