title: Superior vena cava syndrome in hemodialysis patient.
abstract: Obstruction of blood flow in the superior vena cava (SVC) results in symptoms and signs of SVC syndrome. SVC obstruction can be caused either by invasion or external compression of the SVC by contagious pathologic processes involving the right lung, lymph nodes, and other mediastinal structures, or by thrombosis of blood within the SVC. Occasionally, both mechanisms co-exist. We hereby report a case of a 28-year-old male, Saudi patient who was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and was maintained on regular hemodiaysis via right jugular vein dual lumen catheter for ten months. Three years later, the patient presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of SVC obstruction that was successfully managed with SVC stenting.
authors.affiliation: Prince Salman Center for Kidney Disease, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Azeb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molhem
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabry
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bawadekji
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al Saran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome