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Table 1 Tumor thrombus from differentiated thyroid caricnomas in the mediastinum great veins.

From: Superior vena cava (SVC) reconstruction using autologous tissue in two cases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma presenting with SVC syndrome

Authors

 

Patients

Pathology

Location

Therapy

Outcomes

 

Kim et al. [1]

1966

64M

FTC

IJV to RA

No surgery

Death

18 days

Thompson et al. [7]

1978

67F

FTC

IJV to RA

Thrombectomy

Alive

24 months

Perez et al. [12]

1984

48F

FTC

IJV to SVC

Thrombectomy

Alive

4 months

Niderle et al. [8]

1990

57M

FTC

IJV to RA

Thrombectomy

Alive

13 months

  

79F

FTC

IJV to RA

Thrombectomy

Alive

50 months

  

53F

FTC

IJV to RA

Reconstruction (ePTFE graft) Thrombectomy

Death

8 months

Patel et al. [4]

1997

79F

PTC

IJV to SVC, PV

Thrombectomy

Death

12 days

Onaran et al. [11]

1998

48M

Hürthle

IJV to SVC

No surgery (biopsy), RI therapy

Death

12 months

Wiseman et al. [10]

2000

84M

DTC?

IJV to SVC

Thrombectomy

Death

12 months

Koike et al. [16]

2002

26F

PTC

BCV to SVC

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Alive

8 months

Hasegawa et al. [15]

2002

78F

PTC

IJV to RA

Reconstruction (ePTFE graft)

Death

36 days

Motohashi et al. [3]

2005

64F

PTC

IJV to SVC

Reconsrtuction (ePTFE graft)

Alive

24 months

Sugimoto et al. [2]

2006

61M

PTC

BCV to RA

Thrombectomy, RI therapy

Death

12 days

Taib et al. [6]

2007

66F

FTC

IJV to RA

Thrombectomy, RI therapy

Alive

18 months

  

62F

FTC

IJV to RA

Thrombectomy

Alive

18 months

  

45F

FTC

IJV to BCV

Thrombectomy

Death

21 days

Yamagami et al. [17]

2008

74M

PTC

IJV to RA

No surgery, RI therapy, EBRT

Alive

7 months

Hyer et al. [5]

2008

81F

FTC

IJV to SVC

Reconsrtuction (pericardial patch)

Alive

66 months

Wada et al. [present]

-

64M

FTC

IJV to SVC

No surgery

Alive

7 months

  1. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma, ATC: anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, DTC: differentiated thyroid carcinoma, IJV: internal jugular vein, BCV: brachiocephalic vein, RA: right atrium, ePTFE: extended polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) graft, RI: radioactive iodine, EBRT: external beam radiotherapy.