Constrictive pericarditis presenting as a calcified anterior cardiac mass.
Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent disorder. We report the case of a 52-year-old man with constrictive pericarditis with an uncommon anterior associated pericardial mass. Upon diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, the patient underwent pericardectomy and resection of the mass. He is well 6 months postoperatively, with complete resolution of his heart failure symptoms.
Schofield
Richard S
RS
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Dorman
Steve M
SM
Aranda
Juan M
JM
Hill
James A
JA
Pauly
Daniel F
DF
Klodell
Charles T
CT
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome