title: [A case of mediastinal cyst treated with percutaneous injections and drainage].
abstract: A 69-year-old woman visited our hospital for further investigation of a prominence at the right heart border. Chest X-ray, tomography, CT scan and ultrasonography revealed an anterior mediastinal cyst. After admission, we performed needle aspiration, injection of contrast material and drainage. Since the lesion was diagnosed as a benign mediastinal cyst, the patient has been followed up without surgery. CT scan after a two-year period revealed fatty tissue in the area of the lesion without evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed