Abstract
Pericardial cysts are rare mediastinal cysts, which are commonly asymptomatic. We report the case of a middle-aged lady, with a previous short history of chest pain, who was found to have a focal pericardial density, felt to have been a consequence of haemorrhage into such a cyst
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