Lung herniation into pericardial cavity: A case of partial congenital absence of right pericardium

• Main Authors: Sadashiv B Tamagond (Author), Saket Agarwal (Author), Akhilesh S Tomar (Author), Deepak K Satsangi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital absence of pericardium is rarely seen, often diagnosed intraoperatively during cardiac and thoracic surgeries. Left-sided pericardial defects are more common than right-sided ones. We present a case of an incidentally detected congenital absence of right pericardium with herniation of par...