Extensive fibrotic wrapping of the heart: a rare echocardiographic diagnosis.

Wei Jiang, Lili Xu, Xiaojuan Guo, Yidan Li, Xiuzhang Lv

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Article in Cardiovascular ultrasound, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Wei JiangDepartment of Echocardiography, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 8 Gongti South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.

Lili XuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Xiaojuan GuoDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Yidan LiDepartment of Echocardiography, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 8 Gongti South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.

Xiuzhang LvDepartment of Echocardiography, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 8 Gongti South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. chaoyanglxz@163.com.

Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Chao-Yang Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundFibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is considered a benign disease, but it can be fatal if progression leads to compression of the hilum of the lungs or invasion of the heart. Echocardiographic reports of this disease are very rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 14-year-old male patient whose non-enhanced chest computed tomography showed unclear soft-tissue dense lesions in the anterior superior mediastinum. Echocardiography showed the heart was extensively wrapped by soft tissue lesions. The histology confirmed FM.

conclusionsWhen FM affects the heart, echocardiography can help to characterize the disease and aid in the diagnosis. Echocardiography should be considered an important tool to follow the progression of this disease and guide the therapeutic approach.

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MediastinitisMediastinumAdolescentEchocardiographyFibrosisHumansMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedDiffuse mediastinal infiltrationEchocardiographyFibrosing mediastinitisIdiopathic

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PMID35879720

DOI10.1186/s12947-022-00289-y

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