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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2008; 18(04): 319-321
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.40956
Chest Radiology

Case report: Epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a loculated pericardial effusion

NC Sharma
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan)-313 004, India
,
Anshu Sharma
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan)-313 004, India
,
Manish Bajaj
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan)-313 004, India
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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.

Keywords

Epidermoid - mediastinal - pericardial


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31 July 2021

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