European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 6, 337-338, Copyright © 1992 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Intracaval paraganglioma causing superior vena cava syndrome
J Rutegard, M Granstrand and T Aberg
Department of Surgery, Ornskoldsvik Hospital, Sweden.
We report a 46-year old female patient with progressive symptoms and signs
of superior caval syndrome. At surgery, the caval vein with a benign
intravascular paraganglioma was removed, and a venous interposition using a
spiral vein graft was performed.