ArticleJACC. Case reports2025
Posterior Mediastinal Mass With Intracardiac Protrusion: A Diagnostic Conundrum Resolved With Multimodality Imaging.
Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Rare anatomical localizations of hydatid cysts (2020-2025): Narrative review of presentation, imaging, and management.Turkish journal of surgery · 2026Article
- Tortuous Descending Thoracic Aorta in a Patient with a History of Ascending Aorta Replacement as a Confounder in Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Left Atrium: A Procedural Challenge.Research in heart yield and translational medicine · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPosterior mediastinal masses are rare and remain asymptomatic until they enlarge enough to compress vital vascular structures, the tracheobronchial tree, the spine, or cardiac chambers. Computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provide precise locations and characterization of lesions. CASE SUMMARY: A young woman was found to have a cystic mass in the posterior mediastinum extending into the interatrial septum and left atrium (LA) on echocardiography. Cardiac CT and CMR showed it protruding into the interatrial septum and LA. The diagnosis was confirmed as hydatid cyst on imaging and histopathologic examination. DISCUSSION: Mediastinal hydatid cysts are usually asymptomatic but may rarely cause pressure effects on vital organs or rupture, leading to life-threatening complications mandating precise diagnosis and management. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: Primary posterior mediastinal hydatid cysts are uncommon and can protrude into cardiac chambers, simulating a cardiac mass on echocardiography. They can be accurately diagnosed using multimodality imaging to guide appropriate treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.