Esophageal duplication cyst: a challenging diagnosis of a paracardiac mass.
We present a case of esophageal duplication cyst, echocardiographically appearing as a mass above the roof of the left atrium and behind the right pulmonary artery. The differential diagnosis and the management of such disease are discussed.
Division of Cardiology, S. Maria di Loreto Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Maria
M
Accadia
Luigi
L
Ascione
Mario
M
De Michele
Carmela
C
Saulino
Maria Eleonora
ME
Alabiso
Bernardino
B
Tuccillo
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed