[Dyspnea through compression of mediastinal structures due to pericardial cyst].
A case of a 65-year-old patient, showing dyspnea to strains and right side pain as main symptoms of an approximately 8 cm cyst in the pericardium. The physical, biochemical and electrocardiographic examinations did not evince any changes. The results from the thoracic radiography, CT scan and echocardiogram suggested pericardial cyst. Based on those clinical evidences, the patient was submitted to a thoracotomy in the right side thoracic region and a complete excision of the mediastinal mass was performed, with complete remission of the symptoms.
Caramori
Jeanine Eggers
JE
Hospital São Vicente de Paulo--Passo Fundo, Brazil. jecaramori@yahoo.com.br
Miozzo
Luciane
L
Formigheri
Maurice
M
Barcellos
Cristiano
C
Grando
Muriel
M
Trentin
Tiago
T
D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography