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- Title
Pericardial cyst in a child treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
- Authors
Eto, Akiko; Arima, Tohru; Nagashima, Akira; Eto, A; Arima, T; Nagashima, A
- Abstract
<bold>Unlabelled: </bold>A pericardial cyst is a rare condition in childhood. We report on a 10-year-old girl who presented with an intrathoracic mass detected on a chest X-ray performed during a routine medical examination. She had no symptoms and a physical examination revealed no abnormalities. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a multiloculated cystic mass in the right upper thorax. The cyst was resected using a thoracoscopic procedure. Histologically, the findings were consistent with a pericardial cyst. Thoracoscopic surgery was an effective surgical technique even for such a young patient and the results successfully reduced the morbidity.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>A pericardial cyst, a rare condition in childhood, was treated successfully by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
- Subjects
CYSTS (Pathology); CHEST endoscopic surgery; THORACIC surgery; MEDIASTINUM diseases
- Publication
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2000, Vol 159, Issue 12, p889
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/PL00008362