title: Bronchogenic cyst associated with pericardial defect: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Partial defect of the pericardium combined with bronchogenic cyst is a very rare congenital anomaly. We describe the case of a 32-year-old man with a partial defect of the left pericardium and a bronchogenic cyst arising from the border of the pericardial defect. The cyst was successfully resected with the harmonic scalpel by three-port videothoracoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Varese University Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imperatori
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rotolo
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nardecchia
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mariscalco
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spagnoletti
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dominioni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed