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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Rare - 1 in 100,000.<ref name=pmid22723538/> | *Rare - 1 in 100,000.<ref name=pmid22723538/><ref name=pmid25240572/> | ||
*Approximately 8% of [[mediastinal mass]]es.<ref name=pmid25240572>{{Cite journal | last1 = Seo | first1 = GW. | last2 = Seol | first2 = SH. | last3 = Jeong | first3 = HJ. | last4 = Seo | first4 = MG. | last5 = Song | first5 = PS. | last6 = Kim | first6 = DK. | last7 = Kim | first7 = KH. | last8 = Kim | first8 = DI. | last9 = Kang | first9 = MJ. | title = A large pericardial cyst compressing the left atrium presenting as a pericardiopleural efussion. | journal = Heart Lung Circ | volume = 23 | issue = 12 | pages = e273-5 | month = Dec | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.08.011 | PMID = 25240572 }}</ref> | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 8 July 2016
Pericardial cyst is a rare benign pathology of the pericardium.
General
- Rare - 1 in 100,000.[1][2]
- Approximately 8% of mediastinal masses.[2]
Gross
- Typical location: right cardiophrenic angle.[1]
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Mediastinal Lesion, Surgical Excision: - Benign cyst with a fibrotic wall lined by a simple epithelium, compatible with clinical impression of pericardial cyst. - NEGATIVE for malignancy.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peebles CR, Shambrook JS, Harden SP (December 2011). "Pericardial disease--anatomy and function". Br J Radiol 84 Spec No 3: S324–37. doi:10.1259/bjr/16168253. PMC 3473919. PMID 22723538. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3473919/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seo, GW.; Seol, SH.; Jeong, HJ.; Seo, MG.; Song, PS.; Kim, DK.; Kim, KH.; Kim, DI. et al. (Dec 2014). "A large pericardial cyst compressing the left atrium presenting as a pericardiopleural efussion.". Heart Lung Circ 23 (12): e273-5. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2014.08.011. PMID 25240572.