title: [Pericardial cyst--a rare cause of thoracic pain].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aabenraa Sygehus, medicinsk afdeling, og Odense Universitetshospital, thorax-karkirurgisk afdeling.
authors.forename: Christian Backer
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mogensen
authors.forename: Henrik Ømark
authors.initials: HØ
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: 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