title: [Right heart failure in a patient with giant mediastinal dermoid cyst].
abstract: This case report describes the management of a rare giant mediastinal dermoid cyst causing right heart compression and failure. The precise relationships with vital structures were preoperatively defined at transesophageal echocardiography and computed thoracic tomography. These allowed us to predict the likely diagnosis and therefore plan a limited surgical approach. A cardiopulmonary perfusion team was on stand-by and continuous intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was used to document the restoration of hemodynamic parameters.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Cardiochirurgia, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli. r.ascione@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Raimondo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ascione
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iannelli
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spampinato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Scompenso cardiaco destro in paziente affetto da cisti dermoide mediastinica gigante.