Key result
Thoracoscopic resection effectively diagnoses and treats suspect mediastinal masses and unusually located symptomatic pericardial cysts.
Why the study?
Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy are warranted for suspect mediastinal masses, unsuccessful nondiagnostic less invasive procedures, and symptomatic unusually located pericardial cysts.
Thoracoscopy serves as a viable diagnostic and therapeutic approach for symptomatic, unusually located pericardial cysts.
May support thoracoscopic resection in select cases; leaves open need for prospective validation before wider adoption.
Pericardial cysts are mediastinal tumors that usually have a benign course. Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy are warranted for suspect mediastinal masses, unsuccessful nondiagnostic less invasive procedures, and symptomatic unusually located pericardial cysts. We report a case of thoracoscopic resection of symptomatic pericardial cysts.
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Song et al. (2002) studied this question. Thoracoscopic resection is a warranted diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for managing suspect mediastinal masses and symptomatic, unusually located pericardial cysts.
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