[Mediastinal fat necrosis].
Epicardial fat necrosis is a rare cause of benign chest pain. Its physiopathological mechanism is unknown. Diagnosis is easily performed through radiological investigations that show a round opacity of fat density limited by a dense pseudo-capsule in the anterior mediastinum, close to the heart.
Service de pneumologie A, centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
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Neuville
Service de pneumologie A, centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
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Taillé
Service de radiologie, hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
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Debray
Service de pneumologie A, centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
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Aubier
Service de pneumologie A, centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France. Electronic address: bruno.crestani@bch.aphp.fr.
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Crestani
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000209:etiology; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D012907:Smoking; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D; D002097:C-Reactive Protein
Adipose tissue; Chest pain; Douleur thoracique; Fat necrosis; Mediastinum; Médiastin; Nécrose du tissu adipeux; Tissu graisseux