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Fig. 4 | BMC Surgery

Fig. 4

From: The value of transthoracic echocardiography in the detection of extra-cardiac lesions

Fig. 4

Middle mediastinal mass (pericardial cyst) in a 41-year-old woman. A and B TTE showed a well-circumscribed anechoic mass between the heart and the liver. C and D Contrast-enhanced CT showed a regularly shaped mass with the cystic hypodensity and no enhancement. E The pathologic diagnosis of this mass was pericardial cyst. The wall of the cyst was lined with cuboidal epithelium, and the cavity was filled with clear cystic fluid. TTE indicates transthoracic echocardiography; CT, computer tomograph; asterisks, mass

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