Table 1.

Summary of published giant/large pericardial cyst case reports.

Reference	Publication year	Age (years)	Gender	Size (cm)	Presentation	Location	treatment
Gharedaghi et al. [2]	2019	57	Male	9	Asymptomatic	Right side	Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision
Makar et al. [23]	2018	43	Female	9 × 5	Progressive cough and chest tightness	Right side	Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision
Akbayrak et al. [3]	2016	48	Male	27 × 5	Asymptomatic	Right side	Surgical excision with median sternotomy
Hekmat et al. [24]	2016	24	Male	13 × 8	Dyspnea and cough	Right side	Surgical excision with median sternotomy
Simsek et al. [25]	2014	28	Male	6.4 × 9	Dry cough and pleuritic chest pain	Right side	Conservative
Hamad et al. [26]	2013	30	Male	11.2 × 7.4	Palpitation and chest pain	Right side	Surgical excision
Celik et al. [27]	2012	54	Male	6.5 × 4.7	ST elevation myocardial infarction	Left side	Cardiac bypass surgery and surgical excision
Forouzandeh et al. [28]	2012	71	Female	8 × 5	Cough, dyspnea, fever	Right side	Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision
Thanneer et al. [29]	2011	22	Female	21.5 × 14.2	Syncope	Posterior mediastinum (behind the heart)	Needle aspiration
Kumar et al. [30]	2011	5	Male	10 × 9.5	Cough, chest pain and fever	Right side	Median sternotomy cyst excision
Kaklikkaya I [31]	2011	39	Male	22 × 15	Pleuritic chest pain	Left side	Left thoracotomy cyst excision
Matono et al. [4]	2010	38	Male	12 × 10	Asymptomatic	Right side	Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision
Neizel et al. [32]	2010	59	Female	5 × 5	Pre-syncopal and atrial flutter	Behind the heart	Surgical excision
Pereira et al. [33]	2008	73	Female	14 × 10	Chest pain	Right, anterior and left side of the heart	Not operated
Nina et al. [34]	2007	44	Female	13 × 9.5′	Exertional dyspnea, dry cough and chest pain	Right side	Right thoracotomy cyst excision
Dernellis et al. [5]	2001	27	Female	15.6 × 12.2	Asymptomatic	Right side	Surgical excision