Sindrom Vena Kava Superior pada Pasien dengan Timoma Stadium III

  • Jersivindo Ranazeri Bagian Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas
  • Alexander Kam Bagian Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas
  • Roza Kurniati Bagian Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas
  • Fauzar Fauzar Bagian Ilmu Penyakit Dalam, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas
Keywords: Superior vena cava syndrome, thymoma, mediastinal tumour

Abstract

A 50 year old man presented with superior vena cava syndrome. Superior vena cava syndrome is one of the emergency oncology cases. After the diagnostic procedure, the patient was diagnosed with stage III thymoma. With chemotherapy regimens of cisplatin 50 mg/m2, doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2, the patient experienced clinical improvement.

Published
2021-07-30
Section
Case Report