A case of congenital total pericardial agenesis mimicking pneumothorax findings
Hakkı Ulutaş1,Mehmet Ağar2,Nevzat Erdil3,Muhammet Reha Çelik4
Current Thoracic Surgery
2024;9(1):047-050. (19 April 2024)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Point Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
2Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Inonu, Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
4Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Atılım, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Congenital pericardial agenesis has been reported as usually asymptomatic cases, operated on for other
reasons and found incidentally or in autopsy reports. Herein, we present a case of congenital total
pericardial agenesis mimicking the findings of pneumothorax and incidentally detected in a uniportal
video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Total agenesis of the pericardium, which is very rare and
usually asymptomatic, has a very good prognosis and does not require additional treatment unless it
causes complications. It may mimic pneumothorax findings.
Keywords :
pericardial agenesis, uniportal VATS, pneumothorax, congenital
