Echocardiographic assessment of mediastinal tumor - a case report

Krasuska Beata, Bal Wioletta, Topyła Weronika, Bąk Tomasz, Trojnar Michał. Echocardiographic assessment of mediastinal tumor - a case report. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(8):695-700. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344902

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Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 03.08.2018. Accepted: 14.08.2018.

Echocardiographic assessment of mediastinal tumor - a case report

Beata Krasuska¹, Wioletta Bal¹, Weronika Topyła¹, Tomasz Bąk², Michał Trojnar³

1- Student’s Scientific Group of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin.

2- Chair and Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Lublin

3-Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin

ABSTRACT

The mediastinum is the central area of the thoracic cavity which is divided into anterior, middle and posterior section. Medisatinal masses are usually asymptomatic. They can be detected accidentally in planned imaging studies. Echocardiography is safe, cheap, quick and non-invasive investigation, which can be useful in the diagnosis of this type of changes.

Key words: echocardiography, mediastinum, tumor