Answers
1)Tortuous, visible and dilated vein on the chest wall and anterior neck area
2)Other clinical sign to look for
-Plethoric face
-Horner’s syndrome
-Radiation mark
-Peripheral sign of bronchogenic carcinoma
-Lung finding suggestive of presence of mass
3)Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
4)Aetiology
-Lymphoma
-Bronchogenic ca
-Aortic aneurysm
-Thyroid swelling with retrosternal extension
-Constrictive pericarditis
Investigation
1)Chest X Ray
2)Fibre optic bronchoscopy
3)Early morning sputum cytology
He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.[Q20:110]
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