title: Lung herniation into pericardial cavity: A case of partial congenital absence of right pericardium.
abstract: Congenital absence of pericardium is rarely seen, often diagnosed intraoperatively during cardiac and thoracic surgeries. Left-sided pericardial defects are more common than right-sided ones. We present a case of an incidentally detected congenital absence of right pericardium with herniation of part of the right lung during ventricular septal defect closure surgery in a male child aged 4 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sadashiv B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tamagond
authors.forename: Saket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Akhilesh S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Deepak K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Satsangi
keywords: Congenital absence of pericardium; lung herniation; partial absence; right pericardium