Pericardial mesothelial inclusion cyst leading to right heart failure

İhsan Alur,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6338

İhsan Alur¹, Yusuf İzzettin Alihanoğlu², Bekir Serhad Yıldız², Emel Ünal³, Selim Ünal², Bülent Çümen¹, Vefa Özcan⁴

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Denizli State Hospital, Denizli, Turkey
²Department of Cardiology, Denizli State Hospital, Denizli, Turkey
³Department of Pathology, Denizli State Hospital, Denizli, Turkey
⁴Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6338

Pericardial mesothelial inclusion cysts are usually benign intrathorasic lesions, which locate aberantly and originate from coelomic space. Despite asymptomatic nature, they may infect or compress to the adjacent structures in larger sizes. The diagnosis is usually made coincidentally by chest X-ray. In this article, we present a 57-year-old female case who was admitted with the complaints of dyspnea and swollen legs and in whom a paracardiac mass was detected by chest X-ray radiography in the light of literature data.

Keywords : Inclusion cyst; paracardiac mass; thoracotomy

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