Pericardial cysts in children: surgical or conservative approach?

The authors present a case of an 11-year-old boy with a history of mild asthma and cough who underwent radiographic examination of the chest. The radiograph showed a round, discrete mass in the right cardiophrenic angle. The patient underwent thoracoscopic excision, and histologic examination found...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 38; no. 8; pp. 1263 - 1265
Main Authors Noyes, Blakeslee E, Weber, Thomas, Vogler, Carole
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.08.2003
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Child
Heart
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Cyst - diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Cyst - surgery
Mediastinal Cyst - therapy
Mediastinal mass
Medical sciences
pericardial cyst
Radiography
Thoracoscopy
Tumors of the heart
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
pericardial cyst
Mediastinal mass
Human
Endoscopic surgery
Radiodiagnosis
Cardiovascular disease
Male
Surgical resection
video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Cough
Pericardium
Case study
Radiography
Chronic
Treatment
Heart disease
Surgery
Cyst
Pericardial disease
Endoscopy
Benign neoplasm
Child
Thoracoscopy
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Summary:The authors present a case of an 11-year-old boy with a history of mild asthma and cough who underwent radiographic examination of the chest. The radiograph showed a round, discrete mass in the right cardiophrenic angle. The patient underwent thoracoscopic excision, and histologic examination found a unilocular, pericardial cyst. The possible causes of mediastinal masses and an argument for their surgical removal is presented.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00285-9