title: Absence of the left pericardium diagnosed by computed tomography.
abstract: A case report of left pericardial absence in a 12-year-old boy is described. The suspected diagnosis was not shown either by cross-sectional echocardiography or angiography, but was correctly established by computed tomography (CT), showing the effectiveness of this diagnostic test for diagnosis of pericardial defects.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São José do Rio, Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Souza Júnior
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parro Júnior
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed