Localized epicarditis mimicking cardiac tumor.
A rare case of localized epicarditis mimicked a cardiac tumor. The diagnosis was confirmed at surgery. Epicardial peel with resection of the aneurysmal right atrial appendage resulted in complete recovery.
Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
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D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography