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Superior vena cava obstruction caused by radiation induced venous fibrosis
J W Van Putten1, N J Schlosser, Z Vujaskovic
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Thorax
|February 19, 2000
Abstract:
Superior vena cava syndrome is most often caused by lung carcinoma. Two cases are described in whom venous obstruction in the superior mediastinum was caused by local vascular fibrosis due to radiotherapy five and seven years earlier. The development of radiation injury to greater vessels is discussed, together with the possibilities for treatment of superior vena cava syndrome.