title: [Treatment of pericardial cyst under thoracoscopy].
abstract: Thoracoscopic therapy was carried out on two cases of pericardial cyst. The first patient was a 24-year-old male. An abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray was pointed out at a regular checkup. Thoracoscopy was carried out under the local anesthesia and a thin-walled cyst was discovered. The cyst was punctured and serous fluid was aspirated. Then, several biopsy specimens were obtained from the cyst wall, a pathological diagnosis of the cyst was made as a pericardial cyst. One year after the thoracoscopy, no abnormal shadow is observed on chest X-ray. The second patient was a 26-year-old male. It was also discovered that he had an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray at a regular medical checkup. Since a solid mass couldn't be completely denied, thoracoscopy was carried out in preparing for thoracotomy under the general anesthesia. The cyst observed between SVC and the azygos vein, and serous fluid was aspirated form the cyst. Following this, the cyst wall was biopsied and opened. Since no cases of malignant pericardial cysts have been reported, an operation is not usually required for these patients. We suggest that thoracoscopy is very useful tool for the final diagnosis and therapy of pericardial cyst because this method is easily carried out under local anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irako
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Namiki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sezai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshinobu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed