An unusual cause of chest pain.
Pericardial cysts are rare mediastinal cysts, which are commonly asymptomatic. We report the case of a middle-aged lady, with a previous short history of chest pain, who was found to have a focal pericardial density, felt to have been a consequence of haemorrhage into such a cyst.
McLeod
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Tayside Hospitals, University Trust, Dundee.
Dewhurst
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D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed