Surgical management of superior vena caval syndrome in sarcoidosis

D Narayan; L Brown; J O Thayer

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00564-5

Surgical management of superior vena caval syndrome in sarcoidosis

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Sep;66(3):946-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00564-5.

Authors

D Narayan¹, L Brown, J O Thayer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 9768965
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00564-5

Abstract

Sarcoidosis causing the superior vena caval syndrome has been only rarely documented in the literature. We report surgical management of this problem with a spiral vein graft.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sarcoidosis / complications*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / surgery*