Acute pericarditis after transabdominal cardiophrenic lymph node dissection and pericardotomy during ovarian cancer debulking surgery: a case report

•Complete gross resection as part of debulking surgery is crucial in advanced ovarian cancer.•Supradiaphragmatic lymph node resection may prolong survival in patients with ovarian cancer.•We report acute pericarditis after supradiaphragmatic lymph node resection and pericardotomy.