title: Giant calcific pericardial cyst: certainly unexpected during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: Pericardial cyst is a rare congenital anomaly that is usually diagnosed during evaluation for right-sided heart failure. We report a 50-year-old man with a primary diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction at admission, whose emergent angiography revealed a calcific mass close to right coronary artery. Further analysis of the mass with computed tomography and three-dimensional echocardiography revealed a giant pericardial cyst causing partial obstruction of superior vena cava. Unlike previous cases reported, the patient had no symptoms compatible with right-sided heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga Sinan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Güvenç
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mert İlker
authors.initials: Mİ
authors.lastname: Hayıroğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayça
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gümüşdağ
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekmekçi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Betül
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Erer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eren
mesh_terms: D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: computed tomography; coronary arteriography; cyst; echocardiography; pericardium