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(Circulation. 1964;29:132.)
© 1964 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Congenital Pericardial Defect Associated with Tetralogy of Fallot

Herniation of Normal Lung into the Pericardial Cavity

FLORENCIO A. HIPONA M.D.¹ ANDREW B. CRUMMY JR. M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine and the Radiology Service, Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.

Congenital pericardial defect is a rare anomaly with a total of 115 cases in the literature. The two cases discussed are the first reported to be associated with tetralogy of Fallot. The only known case of herniation of normal lung through a pericardial defect into the pericardial cavity is described.