Concomitant Robotic Pericardial Window and Mediastinal Tumour Biopsy Under Intraoperative Ultrasound Guidance

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We report the case of an 83-year-old woman with an undiagnosed mediastinal mass and a loculated, symptomatic pericardial effusion, managed by a concomitant robotic pericardial window and tumour biopsy under intraoperative ultrasound guidance, with a final diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma. The patient underwent chemo-immunotherapy; at the 6-month follow-up, an echocardiogram and chest computed tomography showed tumour shrinkage and no effusion recurrence.

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@article{fiorelli2026concomitant,
  title = {{Concomitant Robotic Pericardial Window and Mediastinal Tumour Biopsy Under Intraoperative Ultrasound Guidance}},
  author = {Alfonso Fiorelli and Vincenzo Di Filippo and Antimo Leva and Gaetana Messina},
  journal = {Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1093/icvts/ivag254},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivag254},
  note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Concomitant Robotic Pericardial Window and Mediastinal Tumour Biopsy Under Intraoperative Ultrasound Guidance
AU  - Alfonso Fiorelli
AU  - Vincenzo Di Filippo
AU  - Antimo Leva
AU  - Gaetana Messina
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/12
JO  - Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
DO  - 10.1093/icvts/ivag254
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivag254
AB  - We report the case of an 83-year-old woman with an undiagnosed mediastinal mass and a loculated, symptomatic pericardial effusion, managed by a concomitant robotic pericardial window and tumour biopsy under intraoperative ultrasound guidance, with a final diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma. The patient underwent chemo-immunotherapy; at the 6-month follow-up, an echocardiogram and chest computed tomography showed tumour shrinkage and no effusion recurrence.
SN  - 2753-670X
ER  -

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