Signs and Symptoms
Shortness of breath is the most common symptom, followed by face or arm swelling.
Following are frequent symptoms:
- Dyspnea
- Headache
- Facial edema
- Venous distention in the neck and distended veins in the upper chest and arms
- Upper limb edema
- Lightheadedness
- Cough
- Edema of the neck, called the collar of Stokes
- Pemberton's sign
Superior vena cava syndrome usually presents more gradually with an increase in symptoms over time as malignancies increase in size or invasiveness.
Read more about this topic: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
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