CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
52-year-old patient with liver metastases. Patient has to undergo chemotherapie via a central venous catheter. Upper inflow congestion for many weeks.


FINDINGS:
Filling defect above the stretch of the superior vena cava occluded by thrombosis resulting from the central venous catheter. Collateral circulation. Actual course of the superior vena cava with origin of the anonymous veins.


DIAGNOSIS:
Total thrombosis of the superior vena cava resulting from a central venous catheter.

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