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Case Reports

Acute Superior Vena Cava Occlusion After Stenting of Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Accepted for publication August 26, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Blum, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Galter 10-105, 201 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611 (Email: mblum{at}nmh.org).

Acute development of superior vena cava syndrome is unusual. This report describes a patient who suddenly presented with a superior vena cava obstruction after esophageal and tracheal stenting for a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula. Stenting of the superior vena cava rapidly alleviated the obstruction and resulted in resolution of symptoms.