Cardiac tamponade: an unusual complication of pericardial cyst.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
; 9(1): 108-12, 1996.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8679232
ABSTRACT
Pericardial cysts are not common and rarely cause symptoms. We report a unique case of a 15-year-old male patient with cardiac tamponade clinically diagnosed who was referred for echocardiography. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed, in addition to a large pericardial effusion associated with echocardiographic signs of cardiac tamponade, an 8 x 5 cm echofree image suggesting a pericardial cyst adjacent to the right atrium. Immediately after pericardiocentesis, yielding a serosanguinous liquid, the patient showed striking clinical improvement and echocardiography demonstrated minimal pericardial effusion with persistence of the cystic image. At surgery a pericardial cyst containing a sanguinous fluid was found and the pathologic findings were consistent with hematic pericardial cyst. Thus echocardiography played a fundamental role for the diagnosis and treatment of the rare complication of a pericardial cyst documented in this patient.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cardiac Tamponade
/
Mediastinal Cyst
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
Journal subject:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Year:
1996
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil