Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Preferred Label : Superior Vena Cava Syndrome;

NCIt definition : Obstruction of the blood flow in the superior vena cava caused by a malignant neoplasm, thrombosis, or aneurysm. It is a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment. Signs and symptoms include swelling and cyanosis of the face, neck, and upper arms, cough, orthopnea, and headache.;

Alternative definition : CTCAE: A disorder characterized by obstruction of the blood flow in the superior vena cava. Signs and symptoms include swelling and cyanosis of the face, neck, and upper arms, cough, orthopnea and headache.; NCI-GLOSS: A condition in which a tumor presses against the superior vena cava (the large vein that carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest to the heart). This pressure blocks blood flow to the heart and may cause coughing, difficulty in breathing, and swelling of the face, neck, and upper arms.; NICHD: Elevated pressure in the superior vena cava causing a constellation of recognized symptoms such as swelling and cyanosis of the face, neck, and upper arms, cough, orthopnea and headache.;

Codes from synonyms : E13819; CDR0000044830;

Details

Origin ID

C3396;

UMLS CUI

C0038833;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Obstruction of the superior vena cava [HPO term]
- Occlusion of superior vena cava (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Superior caval vein syndrome [ICD-11 More detail]
- Superior vena cava syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Superior vena cava syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- superior vena cava syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- superior vena cava syndrome [MeSH concept]
- superior vena cava syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
Manual NTBT mappings (CISMeF)
- vena cava syndrome [Disease (Nov.)]
Peut être observé dans la(les) pathologie(s)
- Benign Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor Stage Grouping of the Pediatric Study Group [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor with Associated Hematologic Malignancy [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Mediastinal Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Choriocarcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Embryonal Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor with Somatic-Type Malignancy [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Immature Teratoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Mature Teratoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Mixed Embryonal Carcinoma and Teratoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Mixed Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Mixed Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Seminoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Teratoma [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinal Yolk Sac Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Stage I Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Stage II Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Stage III Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Stage IV Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Thymus Sarcomatoid Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Superior vena cava syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Superior vena cava syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Superior vena caval obstruction [MedDRA LLT]
- superior vena cava syndrome [MeSH concept]
- superior vena cava syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
- superior vena cava syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTCAE Adverse Events Version 4.0 Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology Mapped to MedDRA [NCIt concept]
may_be_associated_disease_of_disease
- Ann Arbor Stage I Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage II Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage III Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage IV Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Childhood Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Ann Arbor Stage [NCIt concept]
- Recurrent Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Refractory Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Thymus Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Thymus Squamous Cell Carcinoma [NCIt concept]

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