title: [Congenital partial defect of the pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage (author's transl)].
abstract: Congenital partial pericardial defect with herniation of the left atrial appendage presents a rare anomaly. Clinical appearance of a 25-year-old man with this anomaly combined with adherance to the left lung hilus and the pericardial sac is described. He suffered from cardiac arrhythmias and dyspnea during exertion. The chest X-ray film at unremarkable physical examination and routine laboratory data within normal limits showed a prominent shadow of the left cardiac border, the cineangiocardiographic findings revealed that the prominence was due to a large left atrial appendage. Since strangulation of the left atrial appendage is a well-known and described potential hazard, thoracic surgery was performed without any complication.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011391:Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Angeborener und unvollständiger Verschluss des Perikards mit Prolaps des linken Herzohres.