title: Videoendoscopic removal of a mediastinal cyst.
abstract: A 41-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for obstetric surgery. A preoperative chest x-ray film showed a mediastinal mass. After examinations with echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, we removed a cyst that was 2.7 x 3.5 cm in size by thoracoscopic means. The patient left the hospital 3 days after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital Wels, Austria.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puschmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckmayr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hartl
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zisch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording