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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2003

The patient with thymoma (thymus gland tumour) has cyanosis, extention of subcutaneous venous net and edema of the soft tissues of face, neck, upper part of the trunk and upper extremities. What venous trunk is pressed with tumour?

Answer options

  1. External jugular vein
  2. Clavicular vein
  3. Superior vena cava
  4. Internal jugular vein
  5. Frontal jugular vein
Correct answer

Superior vena cava

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