A patient with a large pericardial cyst

A patient with a large pericardial cyst

Patients with pericardial cysts are usually asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur they range from atypical chest pain and dyspnoea to persistent cough. 1 The management options include observation, percutaneous drainage and surgical resection, depending on the size of the cyst and severity of sympto...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2009, Vol.2009 (apr23 1), p.bcr0620080046-bcr0620080046
Hauptverfasser: Aghamohammadzadeh, Reza, Argyle, Rachel, Ray, Simon
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Sprache:eng
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Cysts
Electrocardiography
Europe (West)
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Male
Middle-East
Pulmonary arteries
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with pericardial cysts are usually asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur they range from atypical chest pain and dyspnoea to persistent cough. 1 The management options include observation, percutaneous drainage and surgical resection, depending on the size of the cyst and severity of symptoms.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0046