Cardiophrenic angle lesions
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The cardiophrenic space is usually filled with fat. However, lesions originating above or lower to the diaphragm can present as cardiophrenic angle lesions.
The more common lesions encountered include:
- pericardial fat pad
- pericardial cyst
- pericardial fat necrosis
- Morgagni's hernia
- lymphadenopathy: metastasis, lymphoma, reactional
- pericardial lipomatosis
- neurogenic tumour 4
Other less common lesions include:
- thymoma
- right middle lobe collapse
- right middle lobe consolidation
- impending cardiac volvulus: an abnormal bulging can be seen at the cardiophrenic angle, preceding cardiac volvulus
- fibrous tumour of the pleura
- hydatid cyst
See also
-<li>right middle lobe consolidation</li>- +<li><a title="Right middle lobe consolidation" href="/articles/right-middle-lobe-consolidation">right middle lobe consolidation</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/fibrous-tumor-of-the-pleura">fibrous tumour of the pleura</a></li>- +<li><a title="Fibrous tumour of the pleura" href="/articles/pleural-fibroma">fibrous tumour of the pleura</a></li>
-</ul>- +</ul><h4>See also </h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/cardiophrenic-space">cardiophrenic space</a></li></ul>
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