Pseudo-tricuspid stenosis: a rare entity.
A case is presented in which features of constrictive pericarditis and a pericardial pseudotumor coexisted. Preoperative cardiac catheterization revealed a gradient across the tricuspid valve. Exploratory surgery revealed a blood-filled cavity within the thickened pericardium overlying the right atrium and right ventricle and a normal tricuspid valve. After pericardiectomy, right cardiac catheterization revealed normal pressures and no gradients.
D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications*; D010496:Pericardium; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*