Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression

Pericardial cysts are infrequent and benign mediastinal lesions. While most pericardial cysts are asymptomatic, some patients may present with compression symptoms. We present the case of a 22-year-old man who presented with a right pericardial cyst that caused compression of the right ventricle.

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Autores principales: Mwita, Julius Chacha, Chipeta, Peter, Mutagaywa, Reuben, Rugwizangoga, Belson, Ussiri, Elijah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937200
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author Mwita, Julius Chacha
Chipeta, Peter
Mutagaywa, Reuben
Rugwizangoga, Belson
Ussiri, Elijah
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description Pericardial cysts are infrequent and benign mediastinal lesions. While most pericardial cysts are asymptomatic, some patients may present with compression symptoms. We present the case of a 22-year-old man who presented with a right pericardial cyst that caused compression of the right ventricle.
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spelling pubmed-34281802012-08-30 Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression Mwita, Julius Chacha Chipeta, Peter Mutagaywa, Reuben Rugwizangoga, Belson Ussiri, Elijah Pan Afr Med J Case Report Pericardial cysts are infrequent and benign mediastinal lesions. While most pericardial cysts are asymptomatic, some patients may present with compression symptoms. We present the case of a 22-year-old man who presented with a right pericardial cyst that caused compression of the right ventricle. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3428180/ /pubmed/22937200 Text en © Julius Chacha Mwita et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mwita, Julius Chacha
Chipeta, Peter
Mutagaywa, Reuben
Rugwizangoga, Belson
Ussiri, Elijah
Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title_full Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title_fullStr Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title_full_unstemmed Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title_short Pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
title_sort pericardial cyst with right ventricular compression
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937200
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