Case report: Epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a loculated pericardial effusion

A 25-year old man presented with a mediastinal lesion which was initially diagnosed as a loculated pericardial collection on echocardiography. Subsequent imaging showed it to be a cystic mediastinal mass, and following surgery and histopathology, it turned out to be an epidermoid cyst.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: NC Sharma, Anshu Sharma, Manish Bajaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2008-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.40956