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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