Dialysis catheter-related superior vena cava syndrome with patent vena cava: long term efficacy of unilateral Viatorr stent-graft avoiding catheter manipulation.
Central venous catheters are the most frequent causes of benign central vein stenosis. We report the case of a 79-year-old woman on hemodialysis through a twin catheter in the right internal jugular vein, presenting with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome with patent SVC. The clinically driven endovascular therapy was conducted to treat the venous syndrome with a unilateral left brachiocephalic stent-graft without manipulation of the well-functioning catheter. The follow-up was uneventful until death 94 months later.
Unit of Interventional Radiology - Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Pietro
P
Quaretti
Nephrology and Dialysis, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Franco
F
Galli
Unit of Interventional Radiology - Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Lorenzo Paolo
LP
Moramarco
Unit of Interventional Radiology - Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Riccardo
R
Corti
Unit of Interventional Radiology - Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Leati
Unit of Interventional Radiology - Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Ilaria
I
Fiorina
Department of General Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia 27100, Italy.
Marcello
M
Maestri
D000368:Aged; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior
Central venous catheter; Central venous stenosis; Dialysis; Stent-graft; Superior vena cava syndrome