Epipericardial fat necrosis as a cause of acute chest pain.
Acute chest pain is one of the most common reasons for presentation to the emergency department. Although most etiologies of chest pain are easy to clinically ascertain with routine history, physical, and laboratory examinations, we present an important benign cause of acute chest pain that may mimic acute coronary syndrome.
Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Texas.
Ankit H
AH
Shah
Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Texas.
Vivek
V
Bogale
Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Texas.
David
D
Hurst
Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Texas.
Gregory
G
dePrisco
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