Mediastinal thoracic duct cyst adjacent to left pericardium
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Mediastinal thoracic duct cyst adjacent to left pericardium.
Fig. 1. A chest computed tomography showed a 5.5 4.5 cm sized, homogeneous, non-enhancing cystic mass with a well-defined border, situated beside the left pericardium superior to the diaphragm (A, B). Thoracoscopic view of the cyst, located at the left cardiophrenic angle which was adherent to the diaphragm and pericardium anterior to the phrenic nerve. The wall was smooth and somewhat transpar...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.05.003