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Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volume 80, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 193, 234
Annals of Emergency Medicine

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Diagnosis

Superior vena cava syndrome. Ultrasonography of the internal jugular vein showed a dilated vein with signs of bidirectional and turbulent blood flow. Ultrasound of the right lung revealed a mixed echogenicity collection with poorly defined borders consistent with consolidation in the lung parenchyma.1 These ultrasound findings led to performing additional imaging, including a chest radiograph and computed tomography showing a lung mass, which confirmed the diagnosis of superior vena cava

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