title: [A new case of pericardial thymic cyst].
abstract: The thymic cysts are benign tumours of the thymo-pharyngeal canal, usually located in the cervico-mediastinal region. The authors report the case of a large thymic cyst with an ectopic right paracardiac location compressing the right heart chambers. It was a chance finding on chest X-ray of an asymptomatic 21 year old man. Though suggestive of a pericardial cyst in view of its position, curative surgical ablation allowed confirmation of the diagnosis at anatomo-pathological examination.
authors.affiliation: Service de pathologie cardiovasculaire, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, Lyon.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guerard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godon
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Heyraud
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Brichon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van De Walle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic