Case report: an unusual case of the superior vena cava syndrome--aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery

E M Cave; I S Virdi; M S Ruttley

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81979-8

Case report: an unusual case of the superior vena cava syndrome--aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery

Clin Radiol. 1994 Nov;49(11):834-7. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81979-8.

Authors

E M Cave¹, I S Virdi, M S Ruttley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

PMID: 7955856
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81979-8

Abstract

A case of aberrant right subclavian artery (RSA) aneurysm presenting solely with symptoms and signs of superior vena cava obstruction (the SVC syndrome) is described. The SVC syndrome is usually a consequence of mediastinal malignancy and only rarely due to compression by an arterial aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm / complications*
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
Humans
Male
Subclavian Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Subtraction Technique
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed