Distended arm veins and upper chest veins in an upright patient suggests the superior vena cava syndrome. This patient will also have Kussmaul's sign with an increase in the jugular venous ...

The chest veins were engorged ... The accessory hemiazygos vein is continuous with the hemiazygos, receives the upper thoracic veins on the left and joins the left superior intercostal vein.

He had marked cyanosis, facial and neck plethora, distended neck veins and engorged superficial chest wall vessels (Figure 1). The port in his right upper chest was tender to palpation. Cardiovascular ...

The vena cava is a large vein that collects blood from either the upper or lower half of ... arms, and chest is collected by various veins that all contribute to the superior vena cava.

For about 4 weeks now I have experienced chest pain in the middle and to the left of my chest. (defin not breats pain). I also have very sore veins down my arms. My left arm feels uncomfortable - like ...