Congenital pericardial defect: a case of right pericardial partial absence with normal partial pleura

Congenital pericardial defect (CPD) is a rare cardiovascular anomaly. A right-sided CPD is much rarer than left-sided defects. Usually both the pericardium and parietal pleura are absent. We report a rare case of a right partial CPD involving the right atrial appendage, suspected by computed tomogra...

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Published in:Japanese journal of radiology 2015-03, Vol.33 (3), p.153-156
Main Authors: Ono, Shun, Ichikawa, Tamaki, Iino, Misako, Yamada, Yuri, Sekiguchi, Tatsuya, Nakagawa, Tomoki, Aruga, Naohiro, Iwazaki, Masayuki, Joishi, Dai, Imai, Yutaka
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Language:English
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Case Report
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Radiology
Radiotherapy
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Summary:Congenital pericardial defect (CPD) is a rare cardiovascular anomaly. A right-sided CPD is much rarer than left-sided defects. Usually both the pericardium and parietal pleura are absent. We report a rare case of a right partial CPD involving the right atrial appendage, suspected by computed tomography and cine magnetic resonance imaging, and confirmed by thoracoscopy, which also demonstrated a normal parietal pleura.
ISSN:1867-1071
1867-108X
DOI:10.1007/s11604-014-0387-9