Partial absence of the left parietal pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage: diagnosis by cross-sectional echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography.
This report describes the use of cross-sectional imaging--echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography--to confirm the presence of a foramen-type defect of the left pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage.
Burrows
P E
PE
Department of Radiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Smallhorn
J S
JS
Trusler
G A
GA
Daneman
A
A
Moes
C A
CA
Rowe
R D
RD
D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed