Temporary one-and-a-half ventricular repair to relieve lymphomatous obstruction of the pulmonary artery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Mediastinal lymphoma may infiltrate the conoarterial junction of the heart and cause life-threatening compression of the pulmonary artery. Partial debulking of the tumor along the left pulmonary artery and creation of a cavopulmonary anastomosis on the right pulmonary artery restored satisfactory perfusion of the lungs and unloading of the right ventricle in a 19-year-old woman. Remission of the tumor after chemotherapy allowed subsequent takedown of the cavopulmonary anastomosis.
Medical subject headings
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
- Pulmonary Artery