Bilocular pericardial cyst in an aberrant location

Bilocular pericardial cyst in an aberrant location.

Pericardial cysts classically are found in the right or left cardiophrenic angle and rarely are located outside of this location. An 82-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic cystic mass on chest CT-scan located in the upper right mediastinum and measuring 7 x 6 x 4 cm. A follow-up chest CT-scan 12 months later showed that the cyst had increased in size to where it now measured 10 x 9 x 8 ...

Pericardial cyst in an unusual location.

Pericardial incidentaloma: benign pericardial cyst.

Lin AN, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220097 Description A 73-year-old woman with hypertension and atrial fibrillation presented with head and neck injury after mechanical fall. During workup, chest X-ray anteroposterior view (figure 1) revealed a rounded opacity silhouetting the left heart border and hilum. Subsequent contrast-enhanced CT of the chest showed single, 6.4 cm, ro...

Pericardial cyst: an unusual cause of pneumonia

INTRODUCTION Pericardial cysts occur rarely with an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000. They are usually detected by chance and are clinically silent in most cases. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 66 year old Irish male, with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. A chest X-Ray confirmed left lower lobe consolidation. Further imaging including a CT thorax identified a large pericardial cyst ...

Pericardial coelomic cyst.

Although slightly more than 60 surgically proved cases have been reported in the English literature, pericardial coelomic cyst remains a relatively rare condition. In the interval since Pickhardt’s description In 1934’ of the first successful removal of such a tumor until the present, Internists, surgeons, and radiologists have become more cognizant of this form of cystic disease within the che...