A patient with a huge posterior mediastinal tumor and ST-segment depression in electrocardiogram

• Published in: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 53; no. 8; p. 914
• Main Authors: Namiki, Masanobu, Kita, Asuka, Kokita, Naohiro, Ichimiya, Takahiro, Namiki, Akiyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Aged; Airway Obstruction - prevention & control; Anesthesia, General; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control; Liposarcoma - surgery; Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery; Monitoring, Intraoperative; Perioperative Care; Posture - physiology; Shock - prevention & control

A 68-year-old woman had felt a chest and back pain for 3 months. Gradually her symptom became aggravated, and she felt severe dyspnea in supine position and dysphagia combined with superior vena cava syndrome. A huge posterior mediastinal tumor was revealed and her esophagus was severely narrowed on...