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Case Studies | Medicine Science | Turkey | Volume 4 Issue 5, May 2015 | Rating: 6.1 / 10
A Pericardial Cyst Excision in a Patient Who Underwent Off-Pump Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy With Real Time Transesophageal Echocardiography
Hasibe Gl Baytan | Glser Gnaydn | Semra Doan | Tayfun Aybek
Abstract: A Pericardial cyst is an uncommon benign congenital anomaly in the mediastinum (1). We present a symptomatic case of a large pericardial cyst which is located in the right paracardiac region of patient who had undergone a cystectomy via right anterolateral minithoracotomy through the fourth intercostal space.
Keywords: Mediastinal Cyst, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Thoracotomy
Edition: Volume 4 Issue 5, May 2015,
Pages: 330 - 331