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Use of a Metallic Stent for Relief of Symptoms Caused by Superior Vena Caval Obstruction in a Patient with Advanced Cancer  Noel Young, MB BS, FRACR,

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1 Use of a Metallic Stent for Relief of Symptoms Caused by Superior Vena Caval Obstruction in a Patient with Advanced Cancer  Noel Young, MB BS, FRACR, Paul Glare, MB BS, MA, FRACP  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages (July 1999) DOI: /S (99)

2 Fig. 1 Chest radiograph in June 1997 showing the right lung mass causing SVC obstruction Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , 56-60DOI: ( /S (99) )

3 Fig. 2 A superior vena cavagram performed via a right femoral vein approach shows significant tumor constriction (open arrow). The right jugular vein is distended above the SVC stricture (closed arrow) Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , 56-60DOI: ( /S (99) )

4 Fig. 3 A superior vena cavagram performed after the insertion of the metal stent shows significant, although subtotal, alleviation of the stenosis Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , 56-60DOI: ( /S (99) )


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