Two-dimensional echocardiographic detection of mediastinal pheochromocytoma.
A patient had a functioning pheochromocytoma in the aorticopulmonary region of the middle mediastinum. Two-dimensional echocardiography, utilizing the suprasternal approach, was useful in detecting the tumor and in defining its anatomic relationships to other vascular structures within the mediastinum.
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis*