SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA THROMBOSIS SECONDARY TO HICKMAN CATHETER AND COMPLETE RESOLUTION AFTER FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY

We present a case of acute-onset vena cava syndrome produced by thromb osis of the vena cava superior in a patient receiving adjuvant chemoth erapy through a Hickman catheter, After angiographic diagnosis fibrino lytic therapy was administered, which brought about complete resolutio n. We also present a brief review of the literature.