Doppler echocardiographic diagnosis and follow-up of acquired pulmonary stenosis due to external cardiac compression.
Mediastinal tumors that cause hemodynamic disturbances by compressing the heart are extremely rare. We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who presented right ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to a non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The diagnosis of this complication and its response to chemotherapy can be accurately assessed by transthoracic echocardiography and Doppler.
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Department of Cardiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
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D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy