Displacement of the heart by a giant mediastinal cyst.
A giant mediastinal cyst caused marked cardiac displacement, factitious cardiomegaly and clinical and hemodynamic findings suggestive of constrictive pericarditis. The correct diagnosis was established with echocardiography and confirmed with angiography and surgery.
D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged