Migrating pleural mesothelial cyst

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Feb;77(2):701-2. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01416-4.

Abstract

We herein describe an atypical presentation of a migrating coelomic cyst attached to a pedicle of pericardial fat pad in an asymptomatic 45-year-old woman. A review of the English-language literature revealed only one such case report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epithelium* / pathology
  • Epithelium* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Cyst / pathology
  • Mediastinal Cyst / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardium / pathology
  • Pericardium / surgery
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed