[Superior vena cava occlusion syndrome in a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition for short bowel syndrome].

The use of venous access devices has been increased in recent years. The administration of nutrients parenterally is one of the indications for use of these devices. However, these are not free of complications, with infection and obstruction of the devices being the most common. One fo the less frequent but most feared complications, especially in those patients in whom the parenteral access route is the only access for the supply of nutrients, is that of thrombosis of the large veins. This study presents, along with the bibliographical review of the matter, the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures undertaken in a case of thrombosis of the superior vena cava, in a patient with total parenteral nutrition in the home, due to a short bowel syndrome.