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KMID : 1101820130010010039
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Journal of Breast Disease
2013 Volume.1 No. 1 p.39 ~ p.41
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Arising from Central Venous Port Catheter in a Breast Cancer Patient
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Park Young-Joo
Ryu Young-Jae
Hwang Min-Jung
Shin Sun-Hyoung
Cho Jin-Seong
Park Min-Ho
Yoon Jung-Han
Lim Hyo-Soon
Lee Ji-Shin
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Abstract
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The prevalence of central venous thrombosis related with central venous port catheter is increasing but symptomatic thrombotic occlusion is hardly detected, so treatment is sometimes delayed. We presented a 60-year-old female patient who developed central venous thrombosis causing superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome after installment of a right subclavian vein port catheter. She underwent breast-conserving surgery followed by chemotherapy and target therapy. During trastuzumab therapy, she appealed sudden onset face and neck swelling. Because of early clinical suspicion, she recovered from SVC syndrome with anticoagulation therapy only
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KEYWORD
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Central venous catheters, Superior vena cava syndrome, Thrombosis
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