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Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes<ref name="pmid22477372">{{cite journal| author=Cohen R, Mena D, Carbajal-Mendoza R, Matos N, Karki N| title=Superior vena cava syndrome: A medical emergency? | journal=Int J Angiol | year= 2008 | volume= 17 | issue= 1 | pages= 43-6 | pmid=22477372 | doi= | pmc=PMC2728369 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22477372 }} </ref>=== | ||
*[[Aortic aneurysm]] | |||
*[[Bronchogenic carcinoma]] | |||
*[[Breast cancer]] | |||
*[[Cystic hygroma]] | |||
*[[Goiter]] | |||
*[[Histoplasmosis]] | |||
*[[central venous catheter|Indwelling catheter]] | |||
*[[Lung cancer]] | |||
*[[Lymphoma]] | |||
*[[Non Hodgkin's lymphoma]] | |||
*[[Small cell lung cancer]] | |||
*[[Thymoma]] | |||
*[[Tuberculosis]] | |||
===Causes by Organ System=== | ===Causes by Organ System=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Superior vena cava syndrome may be caused by obstruction of the superior vena cava (SVC) by neoplastic invasion of the venous wall associated with intravascular thrombosis, enlarged nodes, enlarged ascending aorta, or more simply, by extrinsic pressure of a tumor mass against the thin-walled superior vena cava (SVC).
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes[1]
- Aortic aneurysm
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
- Breast cancer
- Cystic hygroma
- Goiter
- Histoplasmosis
- Indwelling catheter
- Lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- Non Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Small cell lung cancer
- Thymoma
- Tuberculosis
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
Cancerous Causes
The types of cancer that can lead to this condition include:
- Breast cancer
- Lymphoma
- Metastatic lung cancer (lung cancer that spreads)
- Small cell bronchogenic carcinoma (most common cause)
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
- Adenocarcinoma of the lung
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Large cell carcinoma of the lung
- Testicular cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thymic tumors
Non-cancerous Causes
Superior vena cava obstruction can also be caused by noncancerous conditions that cause scarring. These conditions include:
- Histoplasmosis infection
- Inflammation of a vein (thrombophlebitis)
- Lung infections (such as tuberculosis)
Other causes of superior vena cava obstruction include:
- Aortic aneurysm
- Blood clots in the superior vena cava
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter)
- Catheters placed in the large veins of the upper arm and neck may cause blood clots in the superior vena cava.