When the Heart Pays for the Chest: A Case Report of an Extracardiac Mediastinal Mass Presenting With Cardiac Arrhythmias

Loubna El Khadir, Soukaina Chaari, Emane Mengue Phalex, Sara Ahchouch, Aatif Benyass

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.115023
Published: 2026-08-23
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.115023,
  title = {When the Heart Pays for the Chest: A Case Report of an Extracardiac Mediastinal Mass Presenting With Cardiac Arrhythmias},
  author = {Loubna El Khadir and Soukaina Chaari and Emane Mengue Phalex and Sara Ahchouch and Aatif Benyass},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.115023},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115023}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - When the Heart Pays for the Chest: A Case Report of an Extracardiac Mediastinal Mass Presenting With Cardiac Arrhythmias
AU  - Loubna El Khadir
AU  - Soukaina Chaari
AU  - Emane Mengue Phalex
AU  - Sara Ahchouch
AU  - Aatif Benyass
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.115023
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115023
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Khadir, L. E., Chaari, S., Phalex, E. M., Ahchouch, S., & Benyass, A. (2026). When the Heart Pays for the Chest: A Case Report of an Extracardiac Mediastinal Mass Presenting With Cardiac Arrhythmias. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115023

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