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Superior vena cava obstruction caused by metastatic breast carcinoma. A report of two cases
Author(s) -
White John J.,
Holgersen Leif O.,
Simon Lawrence F.,
Miller Robert E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197010)26:4<935::aid-cncr2820260430>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava syndrome , breast carcinoma , carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , metastasis , metastatic carcinoma , lymph , radiology , superior vena cava , vena cava , biopsy , breast cancer , cancer , pathology , physics , optics
Two women with the superior vena cava syndrome caused by biopsy‐proven metastatic breast carcinoma are reported in spite of the high incidence of breast carcinoma and the high incidence of metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes, a review of the literature yields only 3 similar cases the superior vena cava syndrome, formerly chiefly caused by inflammatory lesions, is now much more often associated with malignant tumors.