Pediatric Reports (Jan 2021)

Large Congenital Pericardial Cyst Presented by Palpitation and Left Ventricle Posterior Wall Compression: A Rare Case Report

  • Noor Mohamad Noori,
  • Elham Shafighi Shahri,
  • Seyed Hosein Soleimanzadeh Mousavi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric13010007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 57 – 64

Abstract

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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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