Paraaortic thymoma with pericardial effusion diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography in a woman with myasthenia gravis

Echocardiography. 2013 May;30(5):E141-2. doi: 10.1111/echo.12108. Epub 2013 Jan 11.

Authors

Francesco Santoro¹, Anna Rita Russo, Pierluigi Lupo, Luisa De Gennaro, Domenico Gianfrancesco, Matteo Di Biase, Natale Daniele Brunetti

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.

PMID: 23305335
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12108

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / pathology
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods
Myasthenia Gravis / complications
Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis*
Myasthenia Gravis / diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Severity of Illness Index
Thymectomy / methods
Thymoma / complications
Thymoma / diagnosis
Thymoma / diagnostic imaging*
Thymoma / surgery
Thymus Neoplasms / complications
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery
Treatment Outcome