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Table 2.

Etiology of pericardial cyst.⁶

Etiology of pericardial cysts
1. Congenital
2. Inflammatory: Rheumatic pericarditis, Bacterial infection particularly tuberculosis, Echinococcosis6, 34, 35, 36
3. Traumatic¹¹
4. Post cardiac surgery6, 37
5. Patient on chronic hemodialysis³⁸