Pericardial aspiration.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of a pericardial mass.

The prevalence of primary pericardial neoplasms ranges from about 0.001%– 0.007%. Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma is extremely rare, with a reported prevalence of 0.0022% in autopsy series [1]. Although malignant mesothelioma is the most common primary malignancy of the pericardium, only approximately 350 cases of pericardial mesothelioma have been reported in the literature. Diagnos...

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...

Diagnosis of IgG4-related systemic disease by cytology of large pericardial effusion with fine needle aspiration.

A new diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pericardial effusion: transbronchial needle aspiration.

Pericardiocentesis was introduced during the 19th century, and reached its current level of development with the introduction of two-dimensional echocardiography. Although there is general agreement that complications are rare with skilled operators, a diagnostic and therapeutic problem often occurs when there is a posterior pericardial effusion, as it is not easy to quantify by echocardiograph...

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...