Intrapericardial Interatrial Teratoma (Bronchogenic Cyst)

Abstract

PRIMARY cardiac neoplasm is rare. With the frontiers of cardiac surgery advancing at the present rapid rate, there is a need for greater awareness of this possibility. There is also a need for exact anatomic diagnosis wherever possible so that the surgical attack can be planned wisely. Fortunately, this is possible with the specialized diagnostic aids available today.As recently as 1951, Prichard,1 in his excellent review of tumors of the heart, made the following comment:... tumors of the heart are rarely diagnosed before autopsy, largely because there is little knowledge of their natural history. Surgical treatment of these . . .