The ultrasound appearance of an unusual fetal pericardial cyst

Angela C Ranzini; Hussain Shakir; Sumekala Nadaraj; Sannoh Sulaiman; Sharada Polam

doi:10.1002/jcu.22496

The ultrasound appearance of an unusual fetal pericardial cyst

J Clin Ultrasound. 2018 Feb;46(2):149-151. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22496. Epub 2017 May 8.

Authors

Angela C Ranzini¹, Hussain Shakir², Sumekala Nadaraj^{2

3}, Sannoh Sulaiman^{3

4}, Sharada Polam^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901.
² Department of Pediatrics, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901.
³ Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104.
⁴ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901.

PMID: 29552748
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22496

Abstract

We describe the prenatal and postnatal sonographic findings and postnatal course in the first reported patient with a posterior mediastinal pericardial cyst. We then review and discuss current knowledge about the management of prenatally diagnosed cystic structures of the pericardium. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 46:149-151, 2018.

Keywords: color Doppler ultrasonography; echocardiography; fetus; neonate; pericardial cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / methods*
Female
Fetal Heart / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Mediastinal Cyst / diagnostic imaging*
Mediastinal Cyst / embryology
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging*
Pericardium / embryology
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*