title: Successful treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome using a stent-graft.
abstract: We report successful outcomes after endovascular placement of a stent graft in a 74- and a 77-year-old men, both of whom had malignant superior vena cava syndrome caused by squamous cell carcinoma. In each patient, successful palliation of the malignant superior vena cava syndrome was achieved by placement of a stent graft. No procedure-related complications were observed. The patients were asymptomatic until their deaths, seven and 14 months after stent graft placement, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Il
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gwon
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Paik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed