Podcast 532:  SVC Syndrome

<p><strong>Contributor: Jared Scott, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is caused by physical compression of the SVC and can present with facial swelling, upper extremity swelling, flushing, and parasthesias</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Common causes of SVC syndrome include lung cancer, lymphoma, and thymoma</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keep SVC syndrome on the differential for all patients with facial or upper extremity swelling</span></li> </ul> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>References</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">The superior vena cava syndrome: clinical characteristics and evolving etiology. Rice TW, Rodriguez RM, Light RW. Medicine (Baltimore). 2006;85(1):37. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">Diagnosis and management of superior vena cava syndrome. Markman M. Cleve Clin J Med. 1999;66(1):59. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Summarized by Will Dewispelaere, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></span></p> <p> </p>