title: A case of effusive-constructive pericarditis: an efficacy of GD-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to detect a pericardial thickening.
abstract: A 38-year-old man underwent pericardiectomy because of effusive-constrictive pericarditis. The gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed pericardial thickening separate from the effusion, which could not be shown by unenhanced computed tomography. Gd-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging could be useful for the early detection of effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuragi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiwada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA