上腔静脉综合征,是上腔静脉受压所引起的一组临床表现。病人以胸闷、憋气,面颈部及上胸部肿胀,不能平卧为主症。病情发展到一定程度时,即迅速恶化,若不给予及时有效治疗,往往危及病人生命。此病常发生于右上肺小细胞未分化癌、纵隔恶性淋巴瘤、恶性胸腺瘤等。我院于1985年1月至1987年8月收治8例恶性肿瘤所致上腔静脉综合征病人,近期疗效满意,现报告如下。一、临床资料 1.一般情况本组男性5例,女性3例,年龄24～60岁。7例经病理确诊为恶性肿瘤,其中5例为右上肺小细胞未分化癌,1例为混 Superior vena cava syndrome is a group of clinical manifestations caused by compression of the superior vena cava. The patient developed chest tightness, belching, swelling of the face, neck, and upper chest and could not be supine-based. When the disease develops to a certain degree, it quickly deteriorates. If we do not give timely and effective treatment, we often endanger the lives of patients. The disease often occurs in the right upper lung small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, mediastinal malignant lymphoma, malignant thymoma and so on. In our hospital from January 1985 to August 1987, 8 cases of malignant vena cava syndrome caused by malignant tumors were treated. The curative effect was satisfactory. The report is as follows. First, the clinical data 1. The general situation of this group of 5 males and 3 females, aged 24 to 60 years old. 7 cases were diagnosed as malignant by pathology. Among them, 5 cases were small-cell undifferentiated carcinoma in right upper lung and 1 case was mixed.