Superior vena caval obstruction: detection using CT.
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 157 (2) , 485-487
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.157.2.4048460
Abstract
A review of 210 chest computed tomographic (CT) examinations demonstrating upper chest masses revealed 16 cases of superior vena caval obstruction (SVCO); 11 of these were clinically occult. Two of the occult cases subsequently became clinically evident. Contrast-enhanced chest CT permits the diagnosis of clinically occult SVCO and should be considered in patients with upper chest masses, even in the absence of any physical signs of SVCO.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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