TY - JOUR AU - Diamantini, Giulia AU - Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista AU - Procacciante, Fabio PY - 2015 TI - Unexpected cause of superior vena cava syndrome JF - Gland Surgery; Vol 4, No 4 (August 01, 2015): Gland Surgery Y2 - 2015 KW - N2 - Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) may be caused by an extrinsecal vessel compressing or by thrombosis. Symptoms are edema of the face and arms and development of swollen collateral veins on the front of the chest wall, shortness of breath, coughing, headache and stridor. Bronchogenic carcinoma, Burkitt’s lymphoma, lymphoblastic lymphomas, pre-T-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemi, and other acute leukemia are the main cause of SVCS (1). UR - https://gs.amegroups.org/article/view/5947