Pottery heart: a case of porcelain heart.
This is a rare image of a porcelain heart resulting from rheumatic pancarditis. We present a case of postmortem porcelain heart scanned by multislice computed tomography, and we show three-dimensional data reconstruction analyzed with a commercial workstation (Vitrea2; Vital Images, Inc., Minnetonka, MN). Three-dimensional volume-rendering technique imaging reveals massive calcification of the entire heart, creating a pottery appearance.
Hara
Hidehiko
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Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA. harahide@aol.com
Kimura
Keiko
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Mackey-Bojack
Shannon
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Schwartz
Robert S
RS
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*