• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.57-62
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• 1973

Pericardial cyst and diverticula are not uncommon. Rarely do they cause symptoms and the diag-nosis has been made primarily at operation. In Korea, there is no reported case of pericardial coelomic cyst, and one case of pericardial coelomic cyst, middle aged female with symptoms of general malaise, weight loss and mild discomfort on her anterior chest, is presented with related references. Pathological diagnosis after removal of the mass revealed pericardial coelomic cyst.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.865-868
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• 1995

A case of bronchogenic cyst associated with a partial pericardial defect is reported. Bronchogenic cysts are not so rare in incidence, but they are more rare when associated with a pericardial defect, the first case being reported by Rusby and Sellors in 1945. Recently, we experienced such a rare case of a bronchogenic cyst with a partial pericardial defect. The patient is a 39-year-old female and she was found to have a left anterior mediastinal mass during routine chest X-ray. During the operation, we detected partial pericardial defect after removal of the mediastinal mass. The pericardial defect was repaired with a Gore-Tex Membrane. The pathological examination of the mass showed a bronchogenic cyst. The patient had an uneventful hospital course.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.781-784
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• 2009

심막 낭종은 드문 선천성 종격동 질환이다. 주로 우측 심장가로막각에서 발생하고, 심막 내에 위치하는 경우는 매우 드물다. 저자들은 심장을 압박하는 심막 내 거대 심막 낭종을 비디오 흉강경을 이용하여 절제하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.353-357
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• 1987

We recently experienced a case of bronchogenic cyst associated with situs inversus and partial pericardial defect. The patient was 26-day-old-male who showed severe respiratory difficulty. Left upper lobectomy and direct suture of partial pericardial defect were undergone successfully, but his postoperative course was unfortunate because of respiratory insufficiency.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.321-325
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• 1984

Bronchogenic cyst and pericardial diverticulum are relatively infrequent respectively, but they have been detected more commonly with the increasing popularity of the routine and mass survey examination of the chest. A 31 year-old male was admitted for the evaluation of productive cough and two mass lesions in left side on the chest films and bronchogram. Exploratory thoractomy revealed pericardial diverticulum and bronchogenic cyst, which were confirmed by pathologic examination. We are willing to report this combined case which was treated uneventfully by left lower lobectomy and diverticulectomy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.167-170
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• 1983

Pericardial cysts are infrequent benign intrathoracic lesions. They rarely cause symptoms, and they are usually discovered on routine X-ray by chance. Over 70% of the cases occur at the right anterior cardiophrenic angle. Surgery is generally not indicated if the diagnosis of pericardial cyst can be made with certainty, and then an operation is performed to rule out other lesions. The authors present 3 cases of pericardial cyst confirmed by surgery. In two Gases Of the three, the pericardial cysts were located at the right anterior cardiophrenic angle, and in one case, at the left superior area of the posterior mediastinum. We managed them successfully by surgery, and they were discharged uneventfully.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.72-75
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• 2018

Pericardial cysts are rare benign anomalies generally discovered as incidental findings on radiographic images. Rarely, pericardial cysts cause symptoms and may lead to complications. A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for mild chest pain. A cardiovascular and respiratory examination revealed no abnormalities, while a chest X-ray and subsequent thoracic computed tomography (CT) showed a pericardial cyst. The patient refused both percutaneous treatment and thoracic surgery. Three years later, a thoracic CT scan showed that the pericardial cyst had disappeared. Although the spontaneous resolution of these lesions is rare, this article highlights the possibility of conservative management in select cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.138-141
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• 2013

Pericardial cysts are reported by some authors, but epicardial cysts are extremely rare. We report one case of epicardial cyst that was detected incidentally and was removed successfully. Furthermore, unusually, pathological examinations confirmed that the cyst wall was looked like a vessel wall.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.459-462
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• 2007

심막낭종은 매우 드문 종격동 양성종양으로 대부분 우측 심장횡경막각에서 발생한다. 그러나 흉곽내의 다른 부위에서도 드물게 발생할 수 있으며, 이런 경우 종격동에서 기원하는 다른 낭종 질환과의 감별진단에 주의를 기울여야 한다. 본 증례는 비전형적인 병소인 폐하부에 위치한 심막낭종을 비데오 흉강경을 이용하여 낭종제거술을 시행하고 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.286-289
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• 2023

A 58-year-old woman presented with an incidental asymptomatic mass occupying the entire right lower thorax. A radiologic study demonstrated a huge cystic mass, initially suggestive of an exophytic echinococcal cyst. After unsuccessful catheter drainage, the patient was referred for surgery, and curative resection of the lung-, heart-, and diaphragm-compressing mass was performed under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Culture studies revealed no growth of parasitic, bacterial, or fungal infections, and the final pathological result confirmed a primary pleural cyst. Thoracic cystic masses mostly manifest as bronchogenic or pericardial cysts, while primary pleural cysts have rarely been reported. We present a rare case of a huge pleural cyst that initially mimicked an echinococcal cyst.