title: Acute superior vena cava syndrome after rupture of Kommerell's diverticulum: a case report.
abstract: Kommerell's diverticulum, a rare congenital aortic anomaly, is dilatation at the region in which an aberrant subclavian artery branches from either a left-sided or right-sided thoracic aorta. We report a rare case of acute superior vena cava syndrome that developed in a young healthy male patient who presented to the emergency department in imminent respiratory arrest after rupture of this diverticulum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY; and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. suarez.alison@gmail.com
authors.forename: Alison E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slivka
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*