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.
Accadia
Maria
M
Division of Cardiology, S. Maria di Loreto Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Ascione
Luigi
L
De Michele
Mario
M
Saulino
Carmela
C
Alabiso
Maria Eleonora
ME
Tuccillo
Bernardino
B
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