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. 1985 May;53(5):571–573. doi: 10.1136/hrt.53.5.571

Echocardiographic features of a mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst.

C N Aroney, M R Nicholson, J E Shevland
PMCID: PMC481812  PMID: 3994874

Abstract

Cross sectional echocardiography detected a mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst which caused extracardiac compression in a 49 year old man. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of a cystic lesion lying behind the heart and extending from the pancreas to above the carina. Surgical decompression resulted in resolution of the clinical and echocardiographic findings.

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