[Pericardial cyst--a rare cause of thoracic pain].
A case of a 10 cm in diameter and 450 ml large pericardial coelom cyst causing chest pain in a previously healthy 38-year-old man is reported. The cyst was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and computerized tomography. The patient recovered without complications following surgical removal of the cyst.
Mogensen
Christian Backer
CB
Aabenraa Sygehus, medicinsk afdeling, og Odense Universitetshospital, thorax-karkirurgisk afdeling.
Petersen
Henrik Ømark
HØ
D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography