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  • Title: [Giant Pericardial Cyst with Left Ventricular Compression on Echocardiography:Report of a Case].
    Author: Nakamura Y, Yatsuyanagi E.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2023 Dec; 76(13):1136-1139. PubMed ID: 38088080.
    Abstract:
    We report a very rare case of giant pericardial cyst with left ventricular compression on echocardiography. A 61-year-old man visited our hospital with a feeling of chest tightness. A cardiologist ruled out cardiac diseases of the patients and he was referred to us for examination and treatment of an abnormal left lung field shadow on chest x-ray. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a 16×7.5 cm cystic mass in connect with the heart and diaphragm. Echocardiography showed that the cystic mass was compressing the left ventricle. Surgical resection was attempted by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). We aspirated serous liquid contents in the cyst and partially resected the cyst wall excepting cardiac side. After confirming the cyst was not a pericardial diverticulum, we completely resected its residual wall. His postoperative course was uncomplicated. The cyst was pathologically diagnosed as a pericardial cyst.
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