Symptomatic Pericardial Cyst: An Atypical Case of Pleuritic Chest Pain.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2019
Abstract
Pericardial cysts were first described in 1837 as diverticula extending from the pericardium. They are rare and frequently asymptomatic. Symptomatic presentations may be similar to more common causes of chest pain or dyspnea such as acute coronary syndrome or pulmonary embolism. Emergency physicians should consider mediastinal mass, and in this case pericardial cyst, in the differential diagnosis of chest pain because of the risk for tamponade, sudden cardiac death, or other life-threatening complications. Here, we describe a novel presentation of a pericardial cyst presenting as atypical chest pain.
Volume
3
Issue
3
First Page
199
Last Page
201
ISSN
2474-252X
Published In/Presented At
Sallade, T. D., Kraus, C. K., & Hoffman, L. (2019). Symptomatic Pericardial Cyst: An Atypical Case of Pleuritic Chest Pain. Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine, 3(3), 199–201. https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.5.42601
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31403092
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Article