title: Pericardial fat necrosis.
abstract: Pericardial fat necrosis has a highly characteristic clinical picture that enables a preoperative diagnosis to be made on clinical grounds. Surgical therapy, which remains the treatment of choice for this curable entity, confirms the diagnosis. This report reviews the literature and adds a thirteenth documented case to the previously reported 12 cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, OH 44501.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kocab
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005218:Fat Necrosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*