Inflammation and Rupture of a Congenital Pericardial Cyst Manifesting Itself as an Acute Chest Pain Syndrome

Author:

Aertker Robert A.1,Cheong Benjamin Y.C.1,Lufschanowski Roberto1

Affiliation:

1. From: Departments of Cardiology, (Drs. Aertker, Cheong, and Lufschanowski) and Radiology (Dr. Cheong), Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77030

Abstract

We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with a remote history of supraventricular tachycardia and hyperlipidemia, who presented with recurrent episodes of acute-onset chest pain. An electrocardiogram showed no evidence of acute coronary syndrome. A chest radiograph revealed a prominent right-sided heart border. A suspected congenital pericardial cyst was identified on a computed tomographic chest scan, and stranding was noted around the cyst. The patient was treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and the pain initially abated. Another flare-up was treated similarly. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was then performed after symptoms had resolved, and no evidence of the cyst was seen. The suspected cause of the patient's chest pain was acute inflammation of a congenital pericardial cyst with subsequent rupture and resolution of symptoms.

Publisher

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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