Congenital pericardial defect associated with atrial and ventricular septal defects.
Congenital pericardial defects are rare anomalies but in recent years improved diagnostic techniques have often led to a pre-operative diagnosis. The present communication describes a case of a partial pericardial defect with herniation of the lung into the pericardium associated with a lung cyst which is extremely rare. The sternum showed some deficiency in its lower portion. Atrial and ventricular septal defects with a small pericardio-peritoneal foramen were also present.
D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*