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Patient with a mediastinal mass may be diagnosed incidentally or following evaluation for the symptoms due to compressive effects on the adjoining structures. Pericardial cysts account to 6% of mediastinal masses. Echocardiography, computerised tomography and magnetic resonance imaging aid in accurate diagnosis and localization of these cysts. Anaesthesia for patients with these cysts may occasionally turn out to be catastrophic during induction or in postoperative period. Surgery is the preferred choice of treatment in these patients.
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Adolescente , Anestesia/métodos , Ecocardiografía , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Quiste Mediastínico/diagnóstico , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Tuberculosis/diagnósticoRESUMEN
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) to the coronary sinus is a well-known entity but variations in connection sites are known to occur, the commonest among them is mixed connection. Here we describe two rare variants of TAPVC to coronary sinus. Group I (3 cases) in which there were dual sites of connection and group II (2 cases), TAPVC to coronary sinus was associated with a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC). This was seen in total number of 45 cases of isolated TAPVC and 8 cases of TAPVC to coronary sinus between 2000 and December 2005 in our institute. All patients underwent surgical correction. In both of these groups, surgical correction may pose a challenge, which is discussed.
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Seno Coronario/anomalías , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Venas Pulmonares/anomalías , Vena Cava Superior/patologíaRESUMEN
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein is a rare congenital malformation in which all the pulmonary veins drain anomalously to the azygous vein. Among 55 consecutive patients diagnosed as isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection by echocardiography at our institute between 1995 and January 2005, this anomaly was diagnosed in two patients. The malformation was diagnosed correctly in both the patients by echocardiography and the findings were confirmed on surgery. The importance of differentiating this condition from total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to superior vena cava by echocardiography and the differential diagnosis are discussed here.
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A rare case of calcified aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus with severe aortic regurgitation is presented. We believe this is the first report of such a case in the English literature.