title: Aneurysm-like outpouching of ventricular wall through a gap caused by constrictive pericarditis with focal sparing.
abstract: Constrictive pericarditis is usually generalized though it can be focal, affecting only a patch of pericardium, or very rarely, generalized with focal sparing. We describe a case of constrictive pericarditis with focal sparing along the right ventricle. This focal sparing behaved like a defect in the otherwise thickened pericardium, resulting in protrusion of normal right ventricular myocardium between the margins of the thickened pericardium simulating an aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Seth G.S.Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India, abhinav.ichi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranwaka
authors.forename: Manisha V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed