Superior vena cava syndrome caused by Hodgkin's lymphoma in an adolescent girl.
A 14-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of shortness of breath, swelling over upper body and dysphagia, prominent veins were visible on upper body. CT scan of chest revealed a large mediastinal mass compressing surrounding structures. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed it to be Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patient was given a course of chemotherapy (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarabazine) and local radiotherapy. Presently she is doing well.
General Medicine Department, J N Medical College, Aligarh, UP, India. imranrizvi09@gmail.com
Imran
I
Rizvi
Shamsuz
S
Zaman
Noorin
N
Zaidi
Syed Mohammad Kamil
SM
Ashraf
Arun
A
Kumar
Ankush
A
Gupta
Mehtab
M
Ahmad
D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin