title: Pericardial cyst causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
abstract: Pleuropericardial cysts are rare. Rarer still are cardiopulmonary complications caused by their presence. We report the case of a pericardial cyst producing high-grade right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and its subsequent management. The clinical importance of transesophageal echocardiography is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*