Misdiagnosis of pericardial cyst by echocardiography and computed tomography scanning.
We saw a patient who had clinical features of right-sided heart failure. Echocardiography and computed tomography findings were incorrectly interpreted as demonstrating an intracardiac mass. At surgery, a pericardial cyst externally compressing the right ventricular cavity was found. We conclude that, although noninvasive tests may play a valuable role in evaluating intracardiac masses, interpretation may be difficult and misdiagnoses are possible.
D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed