A Huge Mediastinal Organizing Hematoma Causing Reversal of Atrial Septal Defect Shunt Flow
Korean Circulation Journal
;
: 97-100, 2011.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-129405
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with subacute exertional dyspnea and severe hypoxia. A large cystic mass compressing the right side of the heart along with right-to-left atrial shunt flow through an alleged atrial septal defect (ASD) were detected on echocardiography. CT scan of the chest and MRI of the heart revealed a loculated cystic mediastinal mass with hemorrhage measuring 5.5x8 cm compressing the right atrium and ventricle. The patient underwent cyst resection and primary closure of the ASD. This report illustrates a case of an unusual symptomatic pericardial mass compressing the right atrium and ventricle in a patient with an secundum ASD.
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Main subject:
Thorax
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Echocardiography
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Dyspnea
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Heart
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Heart Atria
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
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Hematoma
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Hemorrhage
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Mediastinal Cyst
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Hypoxia
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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