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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;19:724-725
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Intraluminal biopsy of a superior vena cava mass

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, St. Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RT, UK
^b Department of Interventional Radiology, Guy's Hospital, St. Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RT, UK

Received 6 September 2000; received in revised form 7 February 2001; accepted 28 February 2001.

Corresponding author. Department of Cardiac Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, UK. Tel.: +44-20-79289292; fax: +44-20-79554858
e-mail: noahalkh{at}talk21.com

A number of methods have been devised for the biopsy of intracaval tumour masses but all risk damage to the cava and tumour dissemination. We report on a case in which the tumour mass was almost entirely within the superior vena cava and describe an ‘endoscopic’ technique for biopsy.

Key Words: Intraluminal biopsy • Superior vena cava mass