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Causes of SVC Syndrome - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Benign (15-40%): Thrombosis (aka catheter-associated), Goiter, Fibrosing
Causes of SVC Syndrome ... Malignant (60-85%): SCLC ... , NSCLC, NHL, Germ ... SCVMCMed #SVC #Syndrome
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
#Clinical #Derm ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Causes of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome 
Malignant Causes (2/3 of cases)
 - 95%
Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome ... Cancer - NSCLC ... common) - SCLC ... Primary Mediastinal Germ ... SuperiorVenaCava #Syndrome
Froin’s Syndrome - On lumbar puncture, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was xanthochromic, viscous, and coagulated in
Froin’s Syndrome ... CT myelography showed ... Clinical #Radiology #CT ... Myelography #Froin #Syndrome ... FroinSyndrome #NEJM
Sweet’s Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis - A 52-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented
Sweet’s Syndrome ... #Clinical #Derm ... SweetSyndrome #Sweet #Syndrome ... NeutrophilicInfiltration #NEJM
Madelung’s Disease - The patient was found to have Madelung’s disease, also known as benign symmetric
Launois–Bensaude syndrome ... #Clinical #Derm ... LaunoisBensaude #NEJM
Glucagonoma-Associated Rash - The rash involved the arms, genitals, and buttocks and had progressed to the
Clinical #HONC #Derm ... Rash #Microscopy #CT ... #NEJM
Eagle’s Syndrome - Computed tomography revealed two elongated styloid processes with ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments
Eagle’s Syndrome ... Eagle’s syndrome ... ENT #Radiology #CT ... StylohyoidOssification #NEJM
Pemberton’s Sign in a Patient with a Goiter- Physical examination revealed an enlarged thyroid with no
superior vena cava syndrome ... clinical #photo #NEJM ... sign #radiology #CT
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... chest; CT abdomen ... TLS (tumor-lysis syndrome ... rapid-turnover” SCLC ... Hyperviscosity syndrome