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.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. swartzm@upstate.edu
Michael F
MF
Swartz
Ola
O
El-Zammar
Steve
S
Landas
Joseph
J
Battaglia
Gregory W
GW
Fink
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