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KARL MORGAN LIPPERT, M.D.; HENRY POTOZKY, M.D.; IRVINE K. FURMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1951;88(3):378-386.

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PLEUROPERICARDIAL and pleurocoelomic are synonymous terms applied to a thin-walled cystic structure, typically lying on or near the diaphragm in the right cardiophrenic space. Attempts have been made to classify pleuropericardial cysts with other simple cysts of the pleura; however, their mode of origin and location appear to be specific, and they are, therefore, assigned to a separate category.

Pleuropericardial cysts must have a much higher incidence than is evidenced by the infrequency with which they have been reported. Johnson¹ stated that he supposed the reason few reports of these cysts appear in the literature is that they are of so little significance in themselves that surgeons seldom feel them worthy of discussion. So far as the patient is concerned this may be true, but from the viewpoint of the chest physician the establishment of the diagnosis is not always simple, and, until definitely classified, a pleuropericardial cyst can . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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COLUMBIA, S. C.

Footnotes
Read before the Scientific Meeting of the Columbia Medical Society at Columbia, S. C., Feb. 12, 1951.

Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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