title: Total agenesis of the left pericardium.
abstract: This is the report of a 46-year-old patient with the preoperative diagnosis of an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the ostium secudum type. After sternectomy, partial agenesis of the left pericardium was diagnosed. It is our opinion that, if the radiographic picture is suggestive of this entity, a clinical search for cardiopulmonary anomalies should be performed, because the majority of these associated anomalies can and should be surgically corrected.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração e Pulmão-ICORP, Fortaleza, CE, 60115-280, Brazil.
authors.lastname: LOBO F Masculine JG
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Landim
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Paes