Population
A 52-year-old man who died suddenly, found to have congenital absence of a separate pericardial sac.
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Raises awareness of pericardial agenesis in complex cases; leaves open questions on antemortem detection and management.
This case report documents a rare congenital anomaly where the pericardial sac is absent, leaving the heart and left lung in a common cavity.
James Crawford Watt (1931) studied this question.
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