PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Amr Elmoheen
AU  - Mahmoud Eltawagny
AU  - Ahmed Elmesery
AU  - Khalid Bashir
TI  - Sore throat turned to be a bronchogenic carcinoma with superior vena cava syndrome
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2019-231738
DP  - 2019 Dec 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e231738
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/12/e231738.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/12/e231738.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2019 Dec 01; 12
AB  - Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is a group of symptoms caused by complete or partial obstruction of the flow of blood through the SVC. The obstruction is, in most cases, caused by the formation of thrombus or infiltration of a tumour through the vessel wall. The result is venous congestion that creates a clinical situation relating to increase in the venous pressure in the upper part of the body. Symptoms commonly associated with vena cava syndrome include cough, dyspnoea, swelling of the neck, face and the upper extremities and dilation of the chest vein collaterals. In this paper, we examine the case of a 50-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with ‘sore throat’ which can be easily misdiagnosed as a case of uncomplicated acute pharyngitis. It was a real challenge to diagnose our patient as SVC syndrome caused by bronchogenic carcinoma.