title: Pericardial diverticulum with unusual symptomatology.
abstract: A healthy 37 yr old female presented with recurrent right-sided chest pain which spontaneously disappeared. On a chest roentgenogram a lesion in the right cardiophrenic angle was found. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested a cystic structure. During thoracotomy a pericardial diverticulum was found. The pain was probably caused by intermittent volvulus of the diverticulum.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Waterbolk
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Henkens
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Remmert
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van der Jagt
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Postmus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed