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Noncatheter‐Associated Vegetative Phlebitis of the Superior Vena Cava Presenting with Multiple Lung Abscesses
Author(s) -
Farvid Ali,
Goel Manisha,
Varadarajan Padmini,
Pai Ramdas G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00267.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava , central venous catheter , lung , abscess , radiology , catheter , vena cava , surgery
We present a patient with a large vegetation in the superior vena cava (SVC) presenting with multiple staphylococcal lung abscesses. We believe that this is the first reported case of vegetative phlebitis of the SVC without a history of central venous catheter line. Our case emphasizes the need for careful imaging SVC using transesophageal echocardiography in bacteremic patients even in the absence of a central catheter.