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Highlights • Congenital partial pericardial defects are rare but can cause cardiac herniation.• Pneumopericardium combined with pneumothorax suggests pericardial defect.• Pneumothorax may worsen the heart protruding through the pericardial defect.•… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Congenital partial pericardial defects are rare but can cause cardiac herniation.• Pneumopericardium combined with pneumothorax suggests pericardial defect.• Pneumothorax may worsen the heart protruding through the pericardial defect.• VATS should be considered in the patients with a pericardial defect.
Keywords:
partial pericardial;
pneumothorax;
case;
pericardial defect;
congenital partial
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2020
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