Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in Primary Cancer of the Lung

Article1 September 1949SUPERIOR VENA CAVA OBSTRUCTION IN PRIMARY CANCER OF THE LUNGSTANLEY E. ROSENBLOOM, M.D.STANLEY E. ROSENBLOOM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-3-470 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptObstruction of the superior vena cava as a complication of primary cancer of the lung has not been adequately studied. References to this association in the literature are infrequent. Although a case of superior vena cava obstruction secondary to primary lung cancer was reported by Barth1 as early as 1853, Brown2 was able to collect only 39 such cases from the world literature up to 1930. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication March 9, 1948.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the author.†Resident, Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Aspinwall, Pa. 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