Congenital absence of left pericardium.
The authors present a clinical case of right chamber dilatation in a 34-year-old patient with no symptoms, investigation of which led to a diagnosis of congenital absence of left pericardium, established by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They also present a review on absence of the pericardium, and discuss associated congenital abnormalities, the clinical presentations and findings in diagnostic tests, with particular emphasis on MRI.
Victor
Ana Rita
AR
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada. arvictor@mail.telepac.pt
Osório
Paulo
P
Matos
Pedro
P
de Oliveira
L Moura
LM
Carrageta
Manuel
M
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*