Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Secondary to Prolonged Calcium Therapy: A Benign Etiology, Managed by Vein Graft Bypass Surgery

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Ahsan Iqbal Cheema Chaudhry Aqeel Gari Khan Yousif Alqahtani Thabet Y Gazal Ikram Chaudhry

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Ahsan Iqbal Cheema
Department of Thoracic Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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We like to report this case of a 28-year-old lady, who had celiac disease and developed complete Superior Vena Cava Obstruction secondary to prolonged corrective calcium therapy for refractory Hypocalcemia through the central venous line. Usually Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS) due to Superior Vena Cava obstruction (SVCO) has infective and malignant etiologies. Our case is a rare and benign cause, managed surgically after failed endovascular recanalization by the interventional radiologist.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 29, Jun 2020
Accepted: Thu 16, Jul 2020
Published: Sat 01, Aug 2020

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© 2023 Ahsan Iqbal Cheema. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.08.01