Retropharyngeal edema secondary to superior vena cava syndrome revealing Behcet's disease

Firas Maalej; Imen Achour; Anis Zaidi; Wadii Thabet; Mohamed Amine Chaabouni; Bouthaina Hammami; Kheireddine Ben Mahfoudh; Malek Mnejja; Ilhem Charfeddine

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3800

Retropharyngeal edema secondary to superior vena cava syndrome revealing Behcet's disease

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jan 18;9(3):1453-1456. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3800. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Firas Maalej¹, Imen Achour¹, Anis Zaidi¹, Wadii Thabet¹, Mohamed Amine Chaabouni¹, Bouthaina Hammami¹, Kheireddine Ben Mahfoudh², Malek Mnejja¹, Ilhem Charfeddine¹

Affiliations

¹ ENT Department University of Sfax, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax Sfax Tunisia.
² Radiology Department University of Sfax, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax Sfax Tunisia.

Abstract

Retropharyngeal edema, uncommon in superior vena cava syndrome, can exceptionally represent the first manifestation of Behcet's disease, which should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of this condition.

Keywords: Behcet's disease; retropharyngeal edema; superior vena cava syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports