Myocardial infarction revealing a pleuropericardial cyst: a case report

Autor:	Chaimae Toutai, Noha El Ouafi, Zakaria Bazid, Saîda Amaqdouf
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pleuropericardial cyst business.industry Rare entity General Medicine Pericardial space medicine.disease Asymptomatic myocardial infarction Pericardial cyst medicine echocardiography case report Myocardial infarction Radiology medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 39 No. 1 (2021) The Pan African Medical Journal
ISSN:	1937-8688
Popis:	Pericardial cysts are a rare entity, accounting for 6-7 percent of all mediastinal masses. They are frequently congenital relating to a failure of fusion of mesenchymal layers forming the pericardial space. Pericardial cysts are considered rare incidental findings, they are mostly asymptomatic and benign, however life-threatening complications may occur. Here we present a case of a silent pericardial cyst that was discovered by chance while performing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for a man who was admitted for myocardial infarction.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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