Interv Akut Kardiol. 2017;16(1):25-26 | DOI: 10.36290/kar.2017.001

Symptomatic giant pericardial cyst

Milan Plíva^{1, 3}, Martin Děrgel², Jan Večeřa^1,3, Jiří Vondrák¹, Jan Záveský⁴, Petr Vojtíšek¹

Interní klinika – Kardiologické oddělení, Pardubická nemocnice, Nemocnice Pardubického kraje, a.s.; 1

Kardiochirurgická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové; 2

Kardiologické centrum Agel Pardubice, a.s.; 3

Radiodiagnostické oddělení, Pardubická nemocnice, Nemocnice Pardubického kraje, a.s.; 4

Pericardial cysts are rare mediastinal abnormalities with an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000. They are mostly asymptomatic, discovered incidentally during routine imaging examination. The management of pericardial cysts depends on their size and symptoms, where asymptomatic ones are usually observed, while symptomatic ones are indicated for a surgical resection or percutaneous aspiration. We report the case of patient with giant pericardial cyst presenting with chest pain and precollapse, successfully extirpated using video- assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Keywords: pericardium, cyst, chest pain, surgery

Received: December 5, 2016; Accepted: January 25, 2017; Published: April 1, 2017  Show citation