Superior vena cava syndrome: a presenting feature of mediastinal germ cell tumor

ABSTRACT

Superior vena cava syndrome [SVCS] is rare in children. Non Hodgkin's lymphoma [NHL] is the most common cause of SVCS in children. This report an adolescent male who presented with SVCS due to mixed germ cell tumor [GCT] of the anterior mediastinum with predominant yolk cell component. Such etiology of SVCS is rarely reported