Pericardial cyst: A rare congenital anomaly

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1018-1020

  Liaquat, Hammad Bin ^a   Ali, Liaquat ^a   Ara, Jamal ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormality; Pericardial cyst

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DENSITY; DYSPNEA; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HEART SOUND; HEARTBURN; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM CYST; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 73349111235     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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