Fig. 1
From: Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in the lung cancer patient
Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) as the initial presentation of a stage IIIB small cell lung cancer in a 48-year-old woman. a Contrast-enhanced axial CT image in mediastinal window setting depicts a large mass located in the visceral mediastinal compartment with encasement of mediastinum and in particular the SVC. b CT image reconstruction in the coronal plane shows the large soft tissue mass and better depicts the prominent narrowing of the SVC (yellow arrow)