Pericardial Cyst in a Neonate

Dicky A Hanafy (Departemen Kardiologi dan Kedokteran Vaskular, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia Pusat Jantung Nasional, Harapan Kita, Jakarta)
Puti Sarah Saus (Departemen Kardiologi dan Kedokteran Vaskular, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia P)
Poppy S Roebiono (Departemen Kardiologi dan Kedokteran Vaskular, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia Pusat Jantung Nasional, Harapan Kita, Jakarta)
Ganesja M Harimurti (Departemen Kardiologi dan Kedokteran Vaskular, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia Pusat Jantung Nasional, Harapan Kita, Jakarta)

Indonesian Journal of Cardiology
Vol. 28, No. 6 November 2007

Pericardial cyst is a rare entity, often discovered incidentally on routine chest radiographs. Some studies reported an incidence of about 1:100.000. Symptomatic cysts presenting in the neonatal period are very rare. Most of the patients are asymptomatic, but can cause symptoms when they undergo complications or on account of their large size. We describe the case of a neonate presenting with tachypneau where a pericardial cyst was diagnosed with echocardiography and computer tomography, the cyst was successfully resected with open heart surgery.