title: Hourglass-shaped right ventricle and localized constrictive pericarditis.
abstract: Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by thick pericardial fibrosis and frequent calcification that progressively impairs diastolic filling of the heart. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis has been challenging even though multiple diagnostic modalities have been developed. The diagnosis of constructive pericarditis is especially difficult in localized constrictive pericarditis which is extremely rare. We report a case of localized constrictive pericarditis with a 3D multislice cardiac computed tomography (CT) finding of the constrictive band causing strangulation and hourglass shaping of the right ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakus
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ari
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sencer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Camci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ari
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tutuncu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Doppler echocardiography; computed tomography; constrictive pericarditis