title: Echocardiography in imaging an extremely rare cause of extrinsic pulmonary stenosis: rapidly progressive primary mediastinal embryonal carcinoma.
abstract: We report a case of a young man with a very rare cause of atypical chest pain in whom primary mediastinal embryonal carcinoma causing extrinsic pulmonary stenosis was diagnosed with echocardiography and computed tomography. This patient illustrates an unusual presentation of the very rapid progression of the tumor in as little as 6 months. The patient underwent surgical resection and was successfully treated with adjuvant chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. ertuzencirci@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ertuğrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zencirci
authors.forename: Sabahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gündüz
authors.forename: Aycan Esen
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Zencirci
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gündüz
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Göl
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uğurlucan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*