Sudden death after a stress test in a patient with a large pericardial cyst

Fredman, Carey S.; Parsons, S.; Aquino, Tomas I.; Hamilton, William P.

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(94)90572-x

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“…They may produce symptoms mimicking tricuspid stenosis, pulmonary stenosis or constrictive pericarditis. 4 Atrial fibrillation, 5 cardiac tamponade 6 and even sudden death after a stress test 7 have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, symptoms of dysphagia and significant weight loss, as in our case, have not previously been reported.…”

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Giant pericardial cyst mimicking dextrocardia on chest X-ray

Hamad

Galrinho

Abreu

et al. 2013

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

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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 authors present a case of a symptomatic giant pericardial cyst incorrectly diagnosed as dextrocardia on chest X-ray. © 2012 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved. PALAVRAS-CHAVE Quisto pericárdico; Telerradiografia de tórax Quisto pericárdico gigante a imitar dextrocardia na telerradiografia de tóraxResumo Os quistos pericárdicos são malformações congênitas benignas raras. Habitualmente. são de pequena dimensão, assintomáticos e detectados de forma acidental na telerradiografia de tórax, como uma massa localizada no ângulo costofrênico direito. Grandes quistos pericárdi-cos são ainda mais raros e produzem sintomas por compressão de estruturas adjacentes. Neste artigo, os autores apresentam um caso clínico de um quisto pericárdico gigante e sintomático previamente diagnosticado como uma dextrocardia em telerradiografia de tórax. © 2012 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L. Todos os direitos reservados. Case reportA 30-year-old man reported dysphagia and weight loss (15 kg) during the previous four months. Palpitations and * Corresponding author.E-mail address: hamadmahmoud77@hotmail.com (H.M. Hamad).chest pain unrelated to physical or emotional stress began two months later. A routine annual visit to the occupational medicine clinic revealed normal physical examination and laboratory tests. The chest X-ray ( Figure 1A) suggested a diagnosis of dextrocardia that was not observed on previous annual chest X-rays, and the ECG ( Figure 1B) was normal. Outpatient echocardiography was also normal. The patient was referred to the cardiology department for further investigation.

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Giant pericardial cyst mimicking dextrocardia on chest X-ray

Hamad

Galrinho

Abreu

et al. 2013

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

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“…Echinococcal cysts most commonly develop in liver and lungs but can also occupy pleura, pericardium, mediastinum or chest wall [7]. As those located in mediastinum are difficult to distinguish from common cysts on imaging tests the final diagnosis may only be feasible after surgical excision [7,8,9].…”

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“…The fluid entered the pericardium and after complete resection of the lesion full recovery took place [13]. Also known are the cases of compression of cardiac chambers, arrhythmias or even sudden cardiac death during exercise caused by a large pericardial cyst [8]. Such reports may justify implementing of surgical treatment after topographically relevant diagnosis.…”

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Mediastinal cyst: a case report (RCD code: VI)

Bańska

Pysz

Gąsior

2015

Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

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“…До-стигая больших размеров, кисты перикарда мо-гут вызвать жизнеугрожающие осложнения. В литературе описаны развитие различных ос-ложнений кист перикарда: спонтанные разры-вы, эрозии стенки сердца и кровотечение, вне-запная сердечная смерть [9]. В данной статье приведено редкое наблюдение этапного лечения пациентки с частой желудочковой экстрасисто-лией, желудочковой тахикардией и кистой пе-рикарда, которая, по всей вероятности, обуслов-ливала правожелудочковую тахикардию.…”

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