Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An overview of the clinical presentation, etiologies, diagnosis, and treatment of the superior vena cava syndrome - a serious complication of non-small cell and small cell lung cancers, among other conditions.

CT images of SVC compression and thrombosis both courtesy of Dr Hani Makky Al Salam, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 13267

Chest X-ray of SVC stent courtesy of Dr Henry Knipe, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 31410

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