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Kim, Kim, Park, Lee, Cho, Shin, and Yoon: Superior Vena Caval Syndrome Due to Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004; 57(4): 368-371.

Published online: 31 October 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2004.57.4.368

Superior Vena Caval Syndrome Due to Tuberculous Lymphadenitis

Sung Eun Kim, M.D., Chang Hwan Kim, M.D., Yong Bum Park, M.D., Jae Young Lee, M.D., Sung Jin Cho, M.D.1, Hyung Sik Shin, M.D.1, Young Chul Yoon, M.D.2

Departments of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea.

1Departments of Diagnostic Pathology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea.

2Departments of Radiology Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Yong Bum Park M.D. Departments of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospirtal College of Medicine, Hallym University, 445, Kil-dong, Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea. Phone: 02-2225-2754, Fax: 02-478-6925, bfspark@medimail.co.kr

Received 15 June 2004       Accepted 15 August 2004

Copyright©2004. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Superior vena cava syndrome(SVCS) is most often encountered in patients with malignancies. Tuberculosis is nowadays an uncommon cause of SVCS. We report the case of a patient who presented with respiratory symptoms accompanied by SVCS due to tuberculous lymphadenitis. Treatment was instituted with isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol, and all symptoms disappeared. To our knowledge, no case of SVCS provoked by tuberculous lymphadenitis has been described previously in Korea.

Keywords: Superior vena caval syndrome, Tuberculosis, Lymphadenitis

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