In the 1994 Jodie Foster film Nell, the title character portrayed by Foster has developed her own language (idioglossia), developed in part due to the distinct speech patterns of her mother, caused by her hemiplegia due to a stroke. In the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the protagonist Mikazuki Augus is paralyzed in the entire right half of his body after a fierce battle with the Mobile Armor Hashmal. In order to defeat the Mobile Armor, he was forced to deactivate the safety limiter on his Gundams neural interface and overloading the connection between him and the Mobile Suit for the necessary power. See also
Alternating hemiplegia
Brunnstrom Approach
Hemiplegic migraine
Laryngeal paralysis
Paraplegia
Paresis

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Diagnosis of a pericardial cyst can also be made before birth using ultrasound.The differential diagnosis for a suspected pericardial cyst includes a bronchial cyst, pericardial effusion, teratoma, lymphangioma, pericardial fat, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, neuroenteric cyst, and congenital cyst from the primitive foregut. A pericardial cyst also may look similar on imaging to a pericardial diverticula, which is connected to the pericardium and not fully walled off like a pericardial cyst. Management
Pericardial cysts that are small and cause no symptoms can be followed with repeat imaging through echocardiogram, CT, or MRI to assess for changes. Pericardial cysts that are large or cause symptoms may be candidates for percutaneous aspiration, ethanol sclerosis, or surgery. Percutaneous aspiration removes the fluid from inside the cyst, and ethanol sclerosis uses the injection of ethanol into the cyst after aspiration to decrease the likelihood of cyst recurrence. Percutaneous aspiration with ethanol sclerosis is typically the first treatment for pericardial cyst that requires management. Surgery can remove a pericardial cyst through a thoracotomy, sternotomy, mediastinoscopy, or video-assisted thoracic surgery. The type of surgery is chosen based on the size and location of the pericardial cyst. Prognosis
With most pericardial cysts having no symptoms, the prognosis is very good. The cysts can resolve without intervention. If percutaneous aspiration is performed, the recurrence rate of pericardial cysts is about 30-33%. Although pericardial cysts are benign, the location of cysts can rarely cause life-threatening emergencies by compressing the heart or lungs. Epidemiology
Pericardial cysts have an incidence of 1 in 100,000.