Case Reports in Oncological Medicine (Jan 2017)

Unusual Case of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Intravascular Thyroid Metastasis

  • Vanesa Varela Pose,
  • María Patricia Fierro Alanis,
  • Anaberta Bermudez Naveira,
  • Oskarina Lourdes Silva Gonzalez,
  • Jorge Fernandez Noya,
  • Urbano Anido Herranz,
  • Rafael Lopez Lopez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8675239
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017

Abstract

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Superior cava venous obstruction use to show a typical clinical presentation and a CT scan or even an ultrasonography can be sufficient to achieve an accurate diagnosis, but in this case, to obtain the final diagnosis, a multimodal assessment is needed. This case report shows a multidisciplinary approach which helped diagnose a complicated case, where conventional diagnostic methods were not enough.