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Giant pericardial cysts
C M Satur1, M K Hsin, J E Dussek
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Pericardial cysts are most commonly incidental radiologic findings of little clinical consequence. We present the unusual history of 2 patients in whom pericardial cysts were of massive sizes and caused significant symptoms; in 1, progression of the cyst size had been documented over 25 years. Diagnostic difficulties encountered and the utility of video-assisted thoracoscopy are described.