Carly Stafford Dixon, discusses how she approached fertility preservation after her diagnosis of primary mediastinal b-cell lymphoma, a rare blood cancer.

Common malignancies associated with SVC syndrome include lung cancer, lymphoma and solid tumors with mediastinal metastases (e.g. breast cancer). Nonmalignant etiologies of SVC syndrome include ...

Presentation signs and symptoms include superior vena cava syndrome, facial/neck swelling, chest pain, cough, and dyspnea. Chest x-ray and computed tomography (CT) scans depict a large anterior ...

Imaging revealed a large mass occupying a significant portion ... prominent veins on the chest, indicative of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome, a potentially life-threatening condition caused ...

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and ASCO are publishing a new edition of the ESMO/ASCO Global Curriculum (GC) with contributions from more than 150 authors. The purpose of the GC is ...

Imaging revealed a large mass occupying a major portion of the right upper ... including swelling of the right arm and visible veins on the chest, pointed to Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome, a ...

Imaging revealed a large mass occupying a significant portion of the right ... of the right arm and visible prominent veins on the chest, indicative of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome, a potentially ...

Physical examination revealed tachypnoea and bilaterally reduced breath sounds. Chest x-ray showed opacification of both lung fields (figure 1), and chest CT scan revealed a huge mediastinal mass ...

Superior vena cava syndrome is most often caused by lung carcinoma. Two cases are described in whom venous obstruction in the superior mediastinum was caused by local vascular fibrosis due to ...

thorax.dk Background: A study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) in patients with mediastinal masses suspected of ...