Lung herniation into pericardial cavity: A case of partial congenital absence of right pericardium

Lung herniation into pericardial cavity: A case of partial congenital absence of right pericardium

Congenital absence of pericardium is rarely seen, often diagnosed intraoperatively during cardiac and thoracic surgeries. Left-sided pericardial defects are more common than right-sided ones. We present a case of an incidentally detected congenital absence of right pericardium with herniation of par...

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Main Authors: Sadashiv B Tamagond, Saket Agarwal, Akhilesh S Tomar, Deepak K Satsangi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Congenital absence of pericardium
lung herniation
partial absence
right pericardium
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2012;volume=5;issue=2;spage=213;epage=214;aulast=Tamagond

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