Stenting through a portacath for totally occluded superior vena cava in a case of non-Hodgkin s lymphoma.

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome often presents with slowly progressive symptoms worsening over weeks or may cause abrupt symptoms and constitute a true medical emergency. Percutaneous intervention is the treatment of choice. We report a case of SVC stenting in a middle-aged woman with SVC obstruction secondary to portacath insertion for chemotherapy.