Pericardial agenesis

Cor triatriatum with pericardial agenesis.

Sudden cardiac death in a case of undiagnosed pericardial agenesis.

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2010;63(9):1100-9 1103 chest pain to his parents before going to sleep. An EKG performed two years before the sudden death showed normal SR, LV hypertrophy, negative T wave in leads V5 and V6, positive/negative T wave in lead V4, no lead I available, real QT of 0.40 and a correct QT 0.3. After 6 months an EKG showed: normal SR, artifact in lead V6, negative T wave in lead I, VL...

PRIMARY MALIGNANT PERICARDIAL MESOTHELIOMA

Primary malignant neoplasms of the pericardium are rare and are predominantly mesotheliomas, followed by benign localized fibrous mesothelioma, malignant fibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma and benign and malignant teratomas. 1 This article concerns an atypical presentation of this malignant tumor with symptoms and signs of pericardial effusion. This unusual feature was complete encasement of the h...

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...

Tricuspid regurgitation caused by blunt chest trauma in association with pericardial agenesis: surgical correction after eight years.

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) caused by nonpenetrating trauma of the chest is rare. It has been seen more frequently in recent years, presumably because of the increase in automobile accidents and the availability of better diagnostic facilities. Since the first description by Williams in 1829, 31 cases have been reported, but surgical or necropsy proof of the condition was obtained in 23 only.1...