Giant pericardial cyst mimicking dextrocardia on chest X-ray

Pericardial cysts are rare benign congenital malformations, usually small, asymptomatic and detected incidentally on chest X-ray as a mass located in the right costophrenic angle. Giant pericardial cysts are very uncommon and produce symptoms by compressing adjacent structures. In this report, the a...

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Main Authors: Hamad M. Hamad, Ana Galrinho, João Abreu, Bruno Valente, Luis Bakero, Rui C. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255112002582