Tony Ibrahim, Ghassan Chehab, Zakhia Saliba, Tarek Smayra, Maria Baz, Lynn Abdo, Fady Haddad, Tony Abdel-Massih
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Abstract
We present a case in which transthoracic echocardiography was the first diagnostic tool to suspect mediastinal Hodgkin's lymphoma by revealing a change in the hemodynamic of left pulmonary artery flow, and it was used as a follow-up method for monitoring treatment efficacy by demonstrating a normalization of pulmonary artery hemodynamics.