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CASE REPORT article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cardio-Oncology
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1545496
Resuscitation of a case of cardiac arrest complicated by resection of a giant mediastinal tumor a Case Report and literature review
Provisionally accepted- Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
This case report describes the successful resuscitation of a 54-year-old female who experienced cardiac arrest following resection of a giant mediastinal tumor (GMT). The patient’s hemodynamic collapse was attributed to mediastinal mass syndrome, mediastinal swing, and acute re-expansion pulmonary edema. This report highlights the challenges of perioperative management in GMTs, emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary preoperative planning, continuous hemodynamic monitoring, and prompt intervention during complications. This case underscores the need for tailored anesthetic strategies and postoperative vigilance to mitigate life-threatening complications in GMT resections. Early recognition of hemodynamic instability, coupled with adherence to advanced resuscitation protocols, is critical for improving survival in high-risk mediastinal tumor surgeries.
Keywords: giant mediastinal tumor, Cardiac arrest, Resuscitation, Surgical removal, case report
Received: 15 Dec 2024; Accepted: 26 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ka Sha, Huang, Xiong and Zhao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Ling Huang, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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