RESUMO
Tumor thrombus into the superior vena cava have been rarely reported in cases with mediastinal tumors. These tumors are frequently invasive and continuous from the main tumor that normally shows direct vessel wall invasion, but not in this case. In some cases, the tumor thrombus can be removed through a simple venotomy. To prevent superior vena cava and the left innominate vein stenosis, we used a pericardial patch to close the venotomy site. At this case we report a thymic carcinoma with superior vena cava syndrome, which was caused by a tumor thrombus in the superior vena cava without vessel wall invasion, an even more rare condition.
RESUMO
An 88-year-old woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in Brazil presented with recurrent pneumothorax. She was under mechanical ventilation for 20 days because of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Chest x-ray revealed right lung pneumothorax, which was treated with a pigtail chest tube leading to successful lung reexpansion. After 48 hours the patient developed an ipsilateral pneumothorax and a new tube thoracostomy under conventional chest tube under suction was performed and kept in place for 14 days. This brief report highlights that the conventional chest tube under suction procedures might be a good choice in Covid-19 patients.
