Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria | Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching
Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
Note: [] Correspondence: S. Kolade Ernest, Departments of Pediatrics,
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Tel.: +234 803 388
0092; Fax: +234 31 220020; E-mail: [email protected];
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Abstract: We here report a case of superior vena cava syndrome in childhood.
He was a 10-year-old boy with benign encapsulated thyroid tumor with
predominating respiratory symptoms and signs. A rare condition in childhood
seen in our hospital reported to highlight the problems of developing countries
in handling the kind of emergency posed by such cases and also to raise an
alarm for critical review of all oncological patients for signs of superior
vena cava obstruction so that effective and appropriate management
interventions could be instituted early enough to reduce mortality.