title: Left partial absence of the pericardium.
abstract: A case of left partial absence of the pericardium in a young patient is presented. Plain roentgenographic findings were suggestive, and 2-D echocardiography was useful only to rule out associated cardiac abnormalities. Computerized tomography led to the diagnosis permitting to define some typical features.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed