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Spontaneous Disappearance of a Pericardial Cyst: Case Report and Literature Review

Pericardial cysts are rare benign anomalies generally discovered as incidental findings on radiographic images. Rarely, pericardial cysts cause symptoms and may lead to complications. A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for mild chest pain. A cardiovascular and respiratory exam...

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Autores principales: Moffa, Angelo Pio, Stoppino, Luca Pio, Loizzi, Domenico, Milillo, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29430434
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.1.72
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author Moffa, Angelo Pio
Stoppino, Luca Pio
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description Pericardial cysts are rare benign anomalies generally discovered as incidental findings on radiographic images. Rarely, pericardial cysts cause symptoms and may lead to complications. A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for mild chest pain. A cardiovascular and respiratory examination revealed no abnormalities, while a chest X-ray and subsequent thoracic computed tomography (CT) showed a pericardial cyst. The patient refused both percutaneous treatment and thoracic surgery. Three years later, a thoracic CT scan showed that the pericardial cyst had disappeared. Although the spontaneous resolution of these lesions is rare, this article highlights the possibility of conservative management in select cases.
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spelling pubmed-57966232018-02-09 Spontaneous Disappearance of a Pericardial Cyst: Case Report and Literature Review Moffa, Angelo Pio Stoppino, Luca Pio Loizzi, Domenico Milillo, Paola Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Pericardial cysts are rare benign anomalies generally discovered as incidental findings on radiographic images. Rarely, pericardial cysts cause symptoms and may lead to complications. A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for mild chest pain. A cardiovascular and respiratory examination revealed no abnormalities, while a chest X-ray and subsequent thoracic computed tomography (CT) showed a pericardial cyst. The patient refused both percutaneous treatment and thoracic surgery. Three years later, a thoracic CT scan showed that the pericardial cyst had disappeared. Although the spontaneous resolution of these lesions is rare, this article highlights the possibility of conservative management in select cases. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018-02 2018-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5796623/ /pubmed/29430434 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.1.72 Text en Copyright © 2018 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spontaneous Disappearance of a Pericardial Cyst: Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Spontaneous Disappearance of a Pericardial Cyst: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort spontaneous disappearance of a pericardial cyst: case report and literature review
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