Superior vena cava syndrome
| Autor: | Sunil Narain, Ramesh Dawar, Laxman Singh Arya, Sanjay Tomar, M. Bhargawa, Vasantha Thavaraj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome medicine.medical_specialty Biopsy medicine.medical_treatment Superior vena cava hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Humans Thoracotomy Child Retrospective Studies Superior vena cava syndrome Vascular disease business.industry Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoblastic lymphoma Prognosis medicine.disease Leukemia Lymphoid Surgery Lymphoma Survival Rate El Niño Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Etiology Female medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 69:293-297 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 0019-5456 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02723212 |
| Popis: | Objective : In order to study the clinical profile of children presenting with superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), case records of all children presenting with SVCS over a 10-year period were retrospectively analyzed.Methods :Twenty one children (20 males and 1 female) with a median age of 10.0 years (range 5.0 to 12.0 years) were detected to have an underlying hematological malignancy.T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounted for a major share (57%) in the underlying etiology; 33% of the subjects had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma).Result : No Patient required radiotherapy or urgent thoracotomy. Among survivors (n=11), who were alive and well at the time of writing this report, the median follow-up was 6.5 years, (range 0.5–9.6 years). T-cell ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma are common underlying causes of SVCS in Indian children.Conclusion : The value of diagnostic interventions performed under local anaesthesia and prebiopsy corticosteroids usage was found to be reassuring since long-term survival without disease is achievable. |
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