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Delayed Spontaneous Superior Vena Cava Perforation Associated with a SVC Wallstent

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A patient was referred for superior vena cava (SVC) stenting prior to surgical biopsy of a mediastinal mass. A technically satisfactory insertion was followed 6 months later by cardiac tamponade with two legs of the Wallstent having perforated the wall of the SVC.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD, UK, GB

    Simon L. Smith

  2. Department of Radiology, Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK, GB

    Adrian R. Manhire

  3. Department of Pathology, Lincoln and Louth Hospital NHS Trust, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK, GB

    David M. Clark

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Smith, S., Manhire, A. & Clark, D. Delayed Spontaneous Superior Vena Cava Perforation Associated with a SVC Wallstent. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 24, 286–287 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-001-0022-x

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