Echocardiographic findings in a case of acquired pulmonic stenosis from extrinsic compression by a mediastinal cyst

Chest. 1981 Oct;80(4):507-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.80.4.507.

Abstract

A peculiar echocardiographic pattern was recorded in a case of cystic teratoma of the left anterior and upper mediastinum, causing a mild stenosis at the pulmonary valve level. The usefulness of echocardiography in the evaluation of anterior mediastinal masses as they distort normal cardiac anatomy is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dermoid Cyst / complications*
  • Echocardiography*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Cyst / complications
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / surgery
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / etiology*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy