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Case Studies | Surgery | India | Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023 | Rating: 5.3 / 10

An Interesting Case of Pleuropericardial Cyst

Dr. Tummidi Vineela ^[2] | Dr. Raju S Iyer ^[7] | Dr. Lella Nageswara Rao ^[5] | Dr. Satyanarayana | Dr. Ramakrishna Narra

Abstract: A 59 year old male presented with dyspnoea on exertion since four months. Clinical examination revealed decreased breath sounds over left side of the chest. Chest x - ray showed a cystic lesion in the left lung field with no mediastinal shift. Contrast CT Chest revealed approximately 12cm ?11cm loculated collection in left upper and middle hemithorax abutting the heart and adjacent pulmonary trunk with collapse of underlying lung suggesting a mediastinal cyst. Patient underwent left thoracotomy under one lung ventilation. The cyst was excised. The fluid was sent for cytology and the cyst wall for histopatholgical examination.

Keywords: Pleuropericardial cyst

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023,

Pages: 1095 - 1099