Mesothelial cyst of the pericardium, absent on earlier computed tomography

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-357

  Comoglio, Chiara ^a   Sansone, Fabrizio ^a   Delsedime, Luisa ^a   Campanella, Antonio ^a   Ceresa, Fabrizio ^a   Rinaldi, Mauro ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspnea etiology; Mediastinal cyst complications diagnosis pathology radiography surgery ultrasonography; Pericardial effusion etiology; Tomography; Treatment outcome; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALRETININ; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOKERATIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM CYST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SMOKING; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PERICARDIUM; STERNOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955388989     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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