Baduini G, Paolillo V, Di Summa M. Echocardiographic findings in a case of acquired pulmonic stenosis from extrinsic compression by a mediastinal cyst.
Chest 1981;
80:507-9. [PMID:
7273901 DOI:
10.1378/chest.80.4.507]
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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.
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