MEDICINE
ONCOLOGY
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Cough.
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Neutropenia
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Hemoptysis.
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Superior vena cava obstruction.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cough. Face or neck swelling. Feeling of fullness in your upper body. Swelling in your arms and hands. Shortness of breath (dyspnea). 14-Jun-2022
Detailed explanation-2: -SVCS is more common if you have lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or cancer that spreads to the chest. Cancer can cause SVCS in several ways: A tumor in the chest can press on the superior vena cava. A tumor can grow into the superior vena cava and block it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lung cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) are responsible for 85% of malignancy-related SVCS cases. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and squamous cell carcinoma are the two most frequent lung cancer histologic types associated with SVCS.
Detailed explanation-4: -Complications of SVCS may include the following: Laryngeal edema. Cerebral edema. Decreased cardiac output with hypotension.
Detailed explanation-5: -Malignant obstruction can be caused by direct invasion of tumor into the SVC, or by external compression of the SVC by an adjacent pathologic process involving the right lung, lymph nodes, and other mediastinal structures, leading to stagnation of flow and thrombosis [1-3].