title: Constrictive pericarditis presenting with an outpouching of the right ventricle free wall simulating an aneurysmal dilatation.
abstract: We present a case of constrictive pericarditis resulting in an outpouching of the right ventricular free wall, simulating a right ventricular free wall aneurysm. The present case is, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported right ventricular free wall aneurysm-like outpouching adjacent to surrounding regions of thickened pericardium in a patient with constrictive pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Thoracic Imaging Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. ocaki@upmc.edu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ocak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turkbey
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lacomis
mesh_terms: D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome