Open AccessMediastinal debulking for a T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma presenting with cardiac tamponade
Author(s) -
Sotirios Moraitis,
Apostolos C. Agrafiotis,
Leonidas Marinos,
Ioannis Panagiotou,
Timotheos Sakellaridis,
Christos Tsakalakis,
Elias Poulakidas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
monaldi archives for chest disease. pulmonary series/monaldi archives for chest disease/monaldi archives for chest disease. cardiac series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2465-101X
pISSN - 1122-0643
DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2019.1072
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior mediastinum , debulking , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , pericardial effusion , mediastinal mass , pericardium , lymphoma , radiology , mediastinum , tumor debulking , surgery , pathology , chemotherapy , cancer , ovarian cancer
Anterior mediastinal masses are relatively uncommon and include a wide variety of lesions. Lymphomas account for 25% of anterior mediastinal masses. Lymphomas and other haematological malignancies are associated with pericardial effusion. There are also cases where a cardiac tamponade occurred. The aim of the case reported herein is to discuss the surgical approach and particularly the mediastinal debulking as an adjunct to systematic treatment for haematological diseases presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass responsible for a cardiac tamponade.