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Table 1 Summary of case reports of English and Japanese literature on lung surgery with congenital pericardial defects over the last 40 years

From: Congenital partial pericardial defect discovered incidentally during surgery for lung cancer: a case report and literature review

Case

Age

Sex

Pulmonary

surgery

Side

Type

Size

(cm)

Preoperative diagnosis

Congenital malformation

Phrenic nerve running

Treatment for defect

Postoperative

complications

References

1

18

M

PTX

B

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

[8]

2

22

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

3

35

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

A

 − 

 − 

4

64

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

N.C.

 − 

 − 

5

24

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

6

24

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

[9]

7

72

M

PTX

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

A

 − 

 − 

[8]

8

17

M

PTX

L

P

5 × 4

 + 

Hypospadias

N.D.

Patch

(parietal pleura)

 − 

9

19

M

PTX

L

P

3 × 2

 + 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

10

17

M

PTX

L

P

5 × 4

 + 

 − 

A

 − 

 − 

11

23

M

PTX

L

P

5 × 4.5

 + 

Intestinal

malformation

A

Patch

(pericardial fat)

 − 

12

20

M

PTX

L

P

4 × 3

 + 

 − 

A

 − 

 − 

13

56

M

PTX

L

P

3 × 2

 + 

 − 

A

Patch

(pericardial fat)

 − 

14

16

M

PTX

L

P

4 × 3

 + 

 − 

A

 − 

 − 

[10]

15

22

M

PTX

L

P

4

 − 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

[11]

16

22

F

Giant bulla

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

Chest pain

Ischemic change in the circumflex area on electrocardiography

[12]

17

53

M

Giant bulla

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.D.

Repair

(Marlex mesh)

 − 

[13]

18

35

M

Bilateral bullous emphysema

(post PTX)

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

Anterior mediastinum

 − 

 − 

[14]

19

22

F

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration

L

C

 − 

 − 

ASD

N.D.

 − 

 − 

[15]

20

14

F

Bronchogenic cyst

(LUL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

Funnel chest

N.D.

 − 

Sudden death due to excessive shift of the heart to the left

[4]

21

18

M

Bronchogenic cyst

L

C

 − 

 + 

 − 

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

[16]

22

15

M

Bronchogenic cyst

L

C

 − 

 + 

ASD, MVP,

hypospadias

N.D.

N.D.

 − 

23

32

M

Bronchogenic cyst

L

P

4 × 3

 − 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

24

69

F

Bronchogenic cyst

R

P

N.D.

 − 

 − 

N.D.

N.D.

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

[17]

25

58

M

Cystic bronchiectasis

(LPn)

L

P

N.D.

 − 

 − 

N.C.

 − 

 − 

[18]

26

78

M

LC(LLL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.D.

N.D.

 − 

[3]

27

70

M

LC(LUL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.C.

 − 

 − 

(Heart deviation to the left +)

[5]

28

61

M

LC(LPn)

L

C

 − 

 − 

N.D.

N.D.

 − 

 − 

(Heart extending into the left pleural cavity +)

[6]

29

74

M

LC(LUL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

N.D.

N.D.

Repair

(Prolene mesh → Marlex mesh)

 − 

(Heart deviation to the left +)

[7]

30

49

M

LC(LUL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

N.D.

N.C.

 − 

 − 

[19]

31

61

M

LC(LUL)

L

C

 − 

 − 

 − 

N.D.

 − 

 − 

(Heart deviation to the left +)

[20]

32

74

M

LC(LUL)

L

P

6 × 5

 − 

 − 

A

Patch

(GoreTex)

 − 

Our case

  1. M male, F female, PTX pneumothorax, LC lung cancer, LUL left upper lobectomy, LPn left pneumonectomy, LLL left lower lobectomy, L left, B bilateral, P partial, C complete, ASD atrial septal defect, MVP mitral valve prolapsus, N.D. not described, A anterior of defect, N.C. not confirm