Brachiocephalic Vein Stenosis and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Presenting as Acute Airway Obstruction

✍ Scribed by Alfred Marc Iloreta; Marita S. Teng

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 328 KB
• Volume: 121
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0023-852X
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.22201

✦ Synopsis

Discussion Case Report

Figure 1 Fistulogram demonstrates distal flow into the subclavian vein. There is a high grade stenosis at the point where the right brachiocephalic branches to the internal jugular vein and subclavian vein. Arrow points to site of maximal obstruction. Note the large amount of collateral venous flow