Chylopericardium presenting as cardiac tamponade secondary to mediastinal lymphangioma
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Khaled R. Al-Zaben; Aladaileh Ma; Mohammad M Saleem; Orhan Alimoglu; Moaath Alsmady
- Source
- Europe PubMed Central
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Mediastinal Lymphangioma
Pericardial effusion
Mediastinal Neoplasms
Pericardial Effusion
Diagnosis, Differential
Cardiac tamponade
Lymphangioma
medicine
Humans
business.industry
Cardiac enlargement
Rare entity
Infant
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Pericardial window
Cardiac Tamponade
body regions
Online Case Report
Chylopericardium
Radiography, Thoracic
Radiology
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Language
- ISSN
- 1478-7083
Mediastinal lymphangioma is a rare entity and chylopericardium is a rare form of pericardial effusion. We report a case of acute chylous cardiac tamponade due to a cervicomediastinal lymphangioma in a one-year-old boy. A chest x-ray revealed marked cardiac enlargement and echocardiography showed massive pericardial effusion. Emergency surgery was performed whereby a pericardial window was created, followed by excision of the lymphangioma.