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Cardiologia
; 36(9): 735-7, 1991 Sep.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1802395
ABSTRACT
A mediastinal tumor might mimic tricuspid stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, constrictive pericarditis, producing symptoms and signs of a cardiologic illness. We report 2 cases of mediastinal masses (1 lymphoma and 1 pulmonary cancer) localized in the anterior mediastinum and compressing the cardiac silhouette. Bidimensional echocardiography and Doppler were used to differentiate masses of cardiac origin from extracardiac origin and to study the hemodynamic alterations; moreover these techniques allow to evaluate the efficacy of therapy.