[A new case of pericardial thymic cyst].
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.
Monnier
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G
Service de pathologie cardiovasculaire, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, Lyon.
Guerard
S
S
Godon
P
P
Heyraud
J D
JD
Brichon
P Y
PY
Van De Walle
J P
JP
Brion
R
R
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