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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2012

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

Superior vena cava

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