Mediastinal mass: a mystery of two rounded chambers | Zendy

Limor Ilan Bushari | Zendy; LaPrincess C. Brewer | Zendy; David R. Holmes | Zendy; Thomas A. Foley | Zendy; Raúl E. Espinosa | Zendy

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Mediastinal mass: a mystery of two rounded chambers

Author(s) -

Limor Ilan Bushari,

LaPrincess C. Brewer,

David R. Holmes,

Thomas A. Foley,

Raúl E. Espinosa

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jev021

Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , aortic arch , mediastinum , chest pain , anastomosis , right coronary artery , radiography , median sternotomy , artery , radiology , surgery , cardiology , aorta , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction

A 65-year-old woman with aortic and mitral mechanical prosthetic valves presented with right-sided chest pain. Nine months prior, coronary artery bypass grafting was performed for significant ostial right coronary artery (RCA) and obtuse marginal stenoses. Due to bleeding from the proximal anastomosis of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the RCA, urgent sternotomy for repair was required. A subsequent chest radiograph showed a small, rounded structure in the right mediastinum near the aortic arch.On presentation, a chest radiograph showed a nodular opacity in the right anterior mediastinum adjacent …

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