The high-riding superior aortic recess of the pericardium: MRI visualization in a child.
We report a 4-year-old child with a high-riding superior aortic recess of the pericardium, initially misdiagnosed as a possible vascular malformation. The anatomy of the pericardial recesses is reviewed.
Cohen
Mervyn
M
Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. mecohen@iupui.edu
Johnson
Tiffanie
T
Hoyer
Mark
M
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities