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Unusual Case of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Intravascular Thyroid Metastasis.

Vanesa Varela PoseMaría Patricia Fierro AlanisAnaberta Bermudez NaveiraOskarina Lourdes Silva GonzalezJorge Fernandez NoyaUrbano Anido HerranzRafael Lopez Lopez
Published in: Case reports in oncological medicine (2017)
Superior cava venous obstruction use to show a typical clinical presentation and a CT scan or even an ultrasonography can be sufficient to achieve an accurate diagnosis, but in this case, to obtain the final diagnosis, a multimodal assessment is needed. This case report shows a multidisciplinary approach which helped diagnose a complicated case, where conventional diagnostic methods were not enough.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • vena cava
  • computed tomography
  • magnetic resonance imaging
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  • inferior vena cava
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  • pulmonary embolism