Cantrell ́s syndrome is characterized by: 1) Omphalocele 2) Sternal cleft 3) Anterior diaphragmatic hernia 4) Ectopia cordis 5) Intracardiac defects With an incidence of 5 to 8 cases per million of newborn babies, this syndrome is caused by mesodermal defects in early stages of the embrionary period. There are two ways of presentation: complete and incomplete. The incomplete way is when the hear...

This may be distinguished from intrapericardial bands if the parietal pericardium is thin and fixed, because most of the pericardial bands in our patients had an undulating motion during the cardiac cycle. Awareness of the pericardial abnormalities described here may allow correlation with specific pathologic findings by investigators in the future.9 For the present, these findings may improve ...

Tunicates, small invertebrates within the phylum Chordata, possess a robust tubular heart which pumps blood through their open circulatory systems without the use of valves. This heart consists of two major components: the tubular myocardium, a flexible layer of myocardial cells that actively contracts to drive fluid down the length of the tube; and the pericardium, a stiff, outer layer of cell...

Nutcracker syndrome is an extrinsic compression of the left renal vein by superior mesenteric artery anteriorly and aorta posteriorly resulting in hallmark manifestations hematuria, proteinuria, flank/pelvic pain. This case illustrates a patient with history flank pain intermittent gross hematuria every 2 weeks. The denies any pelvic pain, gastrointestinal or lower extremity symptoms. Urinalysi...

The blue rubber nevus syndrome consists of multiple venous malformations in the skin and gastrointestinal tract associated with intestinal hemorrhage and iron deficiency anemia. Other organs may be involved. The causes of this syndrome are unknown. Its most common presentation is in the form of sporadic cases, but dominant autosomal inheritance has been described. It is a condition that affects...

pericardial hemangioma is very rare and their coincidence with other visceral hemamgiomas is exceptional. we are reporting a 72-year-old man with an incidentally discovered pericardial hemangioma during coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) and mitral valve replacement surgery and a prior history of multiple hepatic cavernous hemangiomas. this case has been reported due to its extreme rarity. to ...

Abstract Background Excess fat accumulation around the heart (i.e., pericardial fat) is positively associated with cardiovascular disease. Pericardial composed of two distinct depots: (1) epicardial fat, which a metabolically active adipose tissue located between and pericardium, (2) paracardial deposit in mediastinum outside parietal pericardium. Both depots are visible on horizontal long axis...

although the most common hematological disturbance in thymoma is pure red cell aplasia, pancytopenia is a very rare paraneoplastic syndrome in this disorder. we only found one case in literature reviews. we report a 36 year old female with an anterior mediastinal mass and severe pancytopenia. with a mediastinotomy incision, biopsy of the tumor was obtained. the report of the pathologist was thy...