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Large Congenital Pericardial Cyst Presented by Palpitation and Left Ventricle Posterior Wall Compression: A Rare Case
Noor Mohamad Noori1, Elham Shafighi Shahri1, Seyed Hosein Soleimanzadeh Mousavi1
1Children and Adolescents Health Research Center, Ali-Ibn-Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran.
Abstract:
Congenital pericardial cysts are rare anomalies caused by the failure of fetal lacunae to coalesce into pericardial coelom. In this article a 9-year-old boy admitted with complain of palpitation in daily activities. The electrocardiography detected sinus tachycardia of 150 beats per minute with normal axis. Although chest X ray were normal, echocardiography showed an abnormal mass that compressed the posterior wall of left ventricle. The mass was extrinsic and confined to the pericardium. After midsternotomy, a huge cyst was found and totally excised. The complications of pericardial cyst can be significant, and the diagnosis relies on a careful examination and radiographic findings.
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