Enteric cyst with epicardial attachment to the left ventricle.
Enteric cysts result from an anomaly of embryonic foregut development. In adults, these are frequently asymptomatic. The following is a case of an enteric cyst identified during routine coronary artery bypass attached directly to the epicardium of the left ventricle, a finding not previously reported. Approaches to the treatment of this rare lesion vary. Due to the patient's history of breast cancer, the lesion was excised for histopathological diagnosis.
Swartz
Michael F
MF
Department of Cardiac Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. swartzm@upstate.edu
El-Zammar
Ola
O
Landas
Steve
S
Battaglia
Joseph
J
Fink
Gregory W
GW
D000368:Aged; D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery