Open AccessChemotherapy taste and bronchospasm: a consequence of a fistula between the superior vena cava and the right main bronchi
Author(s) -
Túlio Fabiano de Oliveira Leite,
Lucas Vatanabe Pazinato,
Joaquim Maurício da Motta-Leal-Filho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oxford medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2053-8855
DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omab042
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchospasm , superior vena cava , fistula , superior vena cava syndrome , radiology , surgery , lung , asthma
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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