[Congenital absence of left pericardium simulating tumor of the anterior mediastinum]. / Agenesia de pericárdio esquerdo simulando tumor de mediatino anterior.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 56(1): 65-8, 1991 Jan.
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en Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1872713
The authors report a case of a patient presenting atypical dyspnea symptom. The physical examination, the chest roentgenogram and EKG were abnormal; the echocardiogram showed an abnormal mass compressing the outflow tract of the right ventricle (RV). These data were confirmed by a computerized tomography. The cardiac catheterization showed a heart deviation to the left and a RV outflow tract gradient of 10 mmHg. Consequently a surgery was necessary. The surgical findings presented an absence of the left pericardium and no tumor was found. This is a rare entity that may be misdiagnosed as other heart diseases but this is the first case in which a tumor of the anterior mediastinum was suspected.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pericardio
/
Neoplasias del Mediastino
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Bras Cardiol
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Brasil