Total absence of the pericardium incidentally found during surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

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• 作者：Ato Sugiyama ; Yotaro Izumi ; Yoshiaki Inoue…
• 刊名：General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：64
• 期：5
• 页码：286-289
• 全文大小：789 KB
• 刊物主题：Thoracic Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Surgical Oncology;
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1863-6713
• 卷排序：64

文摘

Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare malformation which is often found incidentally. We report a case of pericardial absence which was found during surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax. Image analyses suggested that the pericardial absence was bilateral and total. These findings were overlooked on CT, preoperatively. Although rare, the possibility of asymptomatic pericardial absence should be kept in mind when observing the chest images before performing thoracic interventions.KeywordsPericardial absencePneumothoraxThoracic surgery