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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Superior vena cava syndrome caused by pulmonary amoebic abscess
K B Gupta1, Manav Manchanda, Uma Chaudhary
1Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, Pt. B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India.
Abstract:
Isolated pulmonary amoebiasis without involvement of liver and other systems is extremely rare. Its presentation with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is not well documented. The case of 38-year-old male who developed SVC syndrome due to a large pulmonary amoebic abscess, which initially mimicked a pulmonary neoplasm with distal lung abscess is presented here. Subsequent bacteriological examination of the aspirated pus and the sputum along with suggestive serology confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary amoebic abscess.
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