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A 24-year-old man with dyspnea and persistent cough. Postero-anterior (PA) chest radiography revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity in the middle right border of the heart margin.
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Chest X-ray showed a large opacity obscuring the right heart border (Figure 1).
Axial view of patient's contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography. Mediastinal windows of thorax CT scan revealed a homogeneous cyst.
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CT revealed no pleural effusions, and a large fluid collection at the right pericardial border (Figure 2).
A thin-walled pericardial mass is seen in intra-operative photography.
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On the right side and outside the pericardium, a huge pericardial cyst measuring approximately 13 x 8 x 5 cm in diameter was found and totally excised (Figures 3 and 4).
A completely excised huge pericardial cyst placed on the surgical sponge. Image shows an enucleated serum filled cyst.
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On the right side and outside the pericardium, a huge pericardial cyst measuring approximately 13 x 8 x 5 cm in diameter was found and totally excised (Figures 3 and 4).