Open AccessAnesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome due to anterior mediastinal mass
Author(s) -
Kapil Chaudhary,
Anshu Gupta,
Sonia Wadhawan,
Divya Jain,
Poonam Bhadoria
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.94910
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava syndrome , superior vena cava , mediastinal mass , surgery , airway management , anesthesia , airway , radiology
Anesthetic management of superior vena cava syndrome carries a possible risk of life-threatening complications such as cardiovascular collapse and complete airway obstruction during anesthesia. Superior vena cava syndrome results from the enlargement of a mediastinal mass and consequent compression of mediastinal structures resulting in impaired blood flow from superior vena cava to the right atrium and venous congestion of face and upper extremity. We report the successful anesthetic management of a 42-year-old man with superior vena cava syndrome posted for cervical lymph node biopsy.