1. Pericardial cyst: an unusual cause of pneumonia
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Wael El-Amin and Kieran Hannan
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Medicine(all) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,business.industry ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Pneumonia ,Cardiac tamponade ,medicine ,Pleuritic chest pain ,business ,Pericardial cyst - Abstract
Introduction Pericardial cysts occur rarely with an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000. They are usually detected by chance and are clinically silent in most cases. Case presentation We report the case of a 66 year old Irish male, with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. A chest X-Ray confirmed left lower lobe consolidation. Further imaging including a CT thorax identified a large pericardial cyst as the cause of the symptoms. Conclusion Although pericardial cysts are usually asymptomatic, they can present with chest pain and symptoms of respiratory tract infection.
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