Mediastinal mass after coronary artery bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
The usual appearance of the postoperative chest radiograph in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery is well known. The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts. This mediastinal mass, initially detected on a chest radiograph, was confirmed by contrast-enhanced chest CT to be intrathoracic fat from the right internal mammary artery pedicle.
Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media