title: Congenital complete and partial absence of the left pericardium.
abstract: Congenital absence of pericardium is a rare malformation. We report 2 young patients with a diagnosis of congenital absence of the pericardium. The posteroanterior view of the chest X-ray showed displacement of the left cardiac border into the left hemithorax. Unusual acoustical windows and abnormal cardiac and septal motion during echocardiography suggested the diagnosis of congenital absence of pericardium. Magnetic resonance imaging definitive confirmed diagnosis of congenital absence of pericardium.
authors: Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, Kollárova 13, 036 01, Martin, Slovakia, ajurko@zmail.sk.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Jurko
authors: Milan
authors: M
authors: Minarik
authors: Viera
authors: V
authors: Cisarikova
authors: Hubert
authors: H
authors: Polacek
authors: Ingrid
authors: I
authors: Schusterova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
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