Case report: Epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a loculated pericardial effusion

N. Sharma; Anshu Sharma; Manish Bajaj

doi:10.4103/0971-3026.40956

Case report: Epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a loculated pericardial effusion

N. Sharma, Anshu Sharma, Manish Bajaj

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	319-321
Number of pages	3
Journal	Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.40956
State	Published - Nov 1 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Epidermoid
Mediastinal
Pericardial

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Case report: Epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a loculated pericardial effusion

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