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Case Reports
. 1996 Jan;61(1):208-10.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00720-2.

Giant pericardial cysts

C M Satur  1 , M K Hsin, J E Dussek
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Case Reports

Giant pericardial cysts

C M Satur et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Jan.

Abstract

Pericardial cysts are most commonly incidental radiologic findings of little clinical consequence. We present the unusual history of 2 patients in whom pericardial cysts were of massive sizes and caused significant symptoms; in 1, progression of the cyst size had been documented over 25 years. Diagnostic difficulties encountered and the utility of video-assisted thoracoscopy are described.

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