Retrosternal compression seven years after surgical correction of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Scimitar syndrome.
Seven years after surgical correction of Scimitar syndrome, a 19-year-old patient complained of progressive dyspnea and tachycardia. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mass compressing the right ventricle. Magnetic resonance tomogram showed its exact retrosternal location and nature. A computed tomography-guided drainage decompressed the mass. Because of cystic wall persistence, a surgical extirpation of the whole cystic cavity was deemed necessary.
Delmo Walter
Eva Maria B
EM
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. delmo-walter@dhzb.de
Alexi-Meskishvilli
Vladimir
V
Hetzer
Roland
R
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult