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Túlio Fabiano de Oliveira Leite1, Lucas Vatanabe Pazinato2, Joaquim Mauricio da Motta Leal Filho1,2
1Interventional Radiologist, Radiology Department, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
A 56-year-old female patient with upper lobe neoplasia of the right lung and superior vena cava syndrome. The patient complained about the taste of the medications during the chemotherapy sessions. Interventional radiology diagnosed cava-bronchial fistula when it injected contrast into the inferior and superior vena cava.
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