CASE-REPORT - AN UNUSUAL CASE OF THE SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA SYNDROME - ANEURYSM OF AN ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY

Authors
CAVE EM VIRDI IS RUTTLEY MST
Citation
Em. Cave et al., CASE-REPORT - AN UNUSUAL CASE OF THE SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA SYNDROME - ANEURYSM OF AN ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY, Clinical Radiology, 49(11), 1994, pp. 834-837
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099260
Volume
49
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
834 - 837
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9260(1994)49:11<834:C-AUCO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A case of aberrant right subclavian artery (RSA) aneurysm presenting s olely with symptoms and signs of superior vena cava obstruction (the S VC syndrome) is described. The SVC syndrome is usually a consequence o f mediastinal malignancy and only rarely due to compression by an arte rial aneurysm.