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January 1, 1993Kitakantou igaku/Kitakantō IgakuOpen Access

PERICARDIAL DIVERTICULUM IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE MEDIASTINUM : Report of two cases

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Population

2 patients (a 16-year-old male and a 53-year-old female) with a cystic tumor in the right middle mediastinum.

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

12 days postoperatively

Authors

YSYasushi SatohNational Defense Medical CollegeIYICHIROU YOSHIDAMeiji UniversitySISusumu IshikawaTokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital

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Implication

May support inclusion of pericardial diverticula in right mediastinal cyst differentials; case reports leave management guidance open.

Structured PICO

P
Population
2 patients (a 16-year-old male and a 53-year-old female) with a cystic tumor in the right middle mediastinum.
I
Intervention
Surgical resection
O
Outcome
Surgical diagnosis and outcome

Pericardial diverticulum should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cystic tumors located in the right upper or middle mediastinum.

Cite This Study

Satoh et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83570dfb83ad8f1c606fc6https://doi.org/10.2974/kmj1951.43.691
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