[An unusual pericardial tumor: bronchogenic cyst].
The authors report the case of an intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst in a 42 year old woman with no cardiac symptoms. Despite extensive investigation, the final diagnosis was made only at anatomopathological examination. A pericardial localisation of this embryological tumour is very rare and a number of features of the condition are described. In this case, the carbohydrate antigen (CA 19-9) was a veritable marker of this tumour. This association, described for the first time, between a simple biological marker and an intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst, could be a valuable diagnostic aid in a pathology in which surgery could reasonably be deferred should the diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst be certain.
Ferrari
E
E
Service de médecine interne, Hôpital de Cimiez, Nice.
Taillan
B
B
Jourdan
J
J
Sanchez
B
B
Heudier
P
P
Isetta
C
C
Morand
P
P
Dujardin
P
P
D000328:Adult; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000032:analysis; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
Une tumeur péricardique inhabituelle: le kyste bronchogénique.