Li XiaoDong, Wang XiaoCong, Duan XiuMei, Xu Hui
Department of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Department of Pathology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Echocardiography. 2015 Jul;32(7):1193-5. doi: 10.1111/echo.12884. Epub 2015 Jan 30.
Mediastinal cysts are a group of benign mediastinal lesions, and their diagnoses are primarily depended on x-ray and computed tomography. The development of ultrasound instruments and inspection techniques in recent years has led to the ability to use transthoracic echocardiography to clearly display structures surrounding the heart according to the dark fluid space (blood) of the atrium, ventricles, and large vessels as an acoustic window. This technique offers improved detection rates of mediastinal lesions. We report a case of a mediastinal cyst that was first detected and diagnosed on thoracic echocardiography examination and then confirmed by thoracoscopic surgery and pathological analysis.
纵隔囊肿是一组良性纵隔病变，其诊断主要依赖于X线和计算机断层扫描。近年来超声仪器和检查技术的发展使得经胸超声心动图能够根据心房、心室和大血管的暗液腔（血液）作为声学窗口清晰显示心脏周围结构。该技术提高了纵隔病变的检出率。我们报告一例纵隔囊肿，首先经胸部超声心动图检查发现并诊断，随后经胸腔镜手术及病理分析得以证实。
