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Dr. Richard Rafoth answered
51 years experience Gastroenterology
Only via worry: Only if the loss of appetite is from the stress of worrying about the svc syndrome.
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IVC: Inferior Vena Cava
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Lundin answered
27 years experience Neurosurgery
No: There is no known correlation between neck pain and vascular problems with the exception of vertebral artery compression in patients with disc problem ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Cohn answered
35 years experience Pain Management
Needs clarification: Persistent left superior vena cava ... what? Blockage? Enlargement? Syndrome? If you're talking syndrome/blockage, it causes backup of fluid into the ... Read More
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Dr. Mark Hoepfner answered
39 years experience General Surgery
Maybe: Blood clots in a major vein are often treated with anticoagulant medication. While it may dissolve on its own after port a cath removal, medical treat ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bennett Werner answered
44 years experience Cardiology
Need more info: The auxilliary SVC would not cause lupus. The former is a structural congenital anomaly of developmental anatomy/embryology. The latter is an acquire ... Read More
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Ramkaransingh answered
20 years experience Interventional Radiology
Normal anatomy?: The portal vein is majority blood supply to the liver. It carries nutrient-rich blood from the gut to the liver. After passing through the liver, blo ... Read More
A 15-year-old male asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
51 years experience Cardiology
Heart disease: There is no room here for all that. Look up cardiac physiology online for the explanation.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Elden Rand answered
21 years experience Cardiology
Left SVC: Persistent left sided svc is not too rare. If persistent, it will drain into the coronary sinus. The coronary sinus will dilate and drain into the rig ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Ginsberg answered
37 years experience Hematology and Oncology
Yes: Lung tumors are common causes of superior vena cava syndrome. The tumor can compress the SVC and lead to swelling of the face and head. Radiation trea ... Read More
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