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A healthy 39-year-old man with persistent influenza-like symptoms underwent chest radiography, which showed two pericardial masses (Panels A and B, arrows). Computed tomography (CT) showed that the masses (one 3.3 by 3.3 cm and the other 2.9 by 2.0 cm) were along the lateral pericardium on the left side. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the masses to be noncystic soft tissue (Panel C). The patient was referred for thoracoscopic resection. The patient had undergone laparotomy 20 years earlier after a motor vehicle accident. He reported that his spleen had been removed, his diaphragm had been repaired, and chest tubes had been . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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