Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia, atrial septal defect, and severe episodic cyanosis.
Congenital diaphragmatic herniation into the pericardial cavity is extremely rare. We report a case associated with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect and normal pulmonary vascular resistance, which resulted in severe episodic cyanosis.
Shely
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles 90027.
Loitz
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Fox
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Wells
W J
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D003490:Cyanosis / Q000150:complications; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology