Congenital complete absence of pericardium in a young woman with non‐specific symptoms

Palomino, Antonio Bueno; Estrada, Alberto Palomar; Crespín, Manuel; Fuertes, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.repce.2013.10.043

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“…Finally, echocardiography exam may show abnormal heart position and movement. (4) But these findings are often absent as it is in our case.…”

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“…(3) The CALP anomaly may exist by itself or may co-exist with other cardiac or pulmonary anomalies. (4) A CALP is classified as complete or partial and can be left or right depending on its location. (5) The CALP doesn't have specific symptoms, and most of them are noticed by incidentally or during surgery.…”

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“…The CALP causes lung tissue to enter between the aorta and the main segment of the pulmonary artery as in our case. (4) Diagnosis is difficult because of the rare occurrence of these cases. (4) In addition, most clinicians and radiologists have insufficient experience with these cases.…”

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“…(4) Diagnosis is difficult because of the rare occurrence of these cases. (4) In addition, most clinicians and radiologists have insufficient experience with these cases. Most of the CALP cases stay unnoticed because of this insufficient experience.…”

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“…Preoperative thorax CT and cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) are not routine procedures but may give valuable findings such as defect size, herniation, and other pathologies. (3,4) We investigated patient's record retrospectively and reevaluated a Thorax CT performed 2 years ago. Despite it have been reported normal, it was clear that the heart was deviating to the left side and the lung tissue was interposed between the aorta and the main pulmonary artery.…”

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Complete Absence of The Left Pericardium in On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Operation

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“…Finally, echocardiography exam may show abnormal heart position and movement. (4) But these findings are often absent as it is in our case.…”

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Pericardial agenesis is a rarely seen congenital defect characterised by the partial or, more rarely complete, absence of the pericardium. Most often asymptomatic, it is usually incidentally discovered following the demonstration of heart's laevorotation on imaging, in the operating room or at autopsy. In this article, we report the case of an 80-year-old patient with asymptomatic complete pericardial agenesis fortuitous discovered. Pericardial agenesis observations are extremely uncommon reported in the literature, which substantiate its original epidemiological character. In addition, this observation brings some clinical, electrical as well as iconographic elements to better understand the pathology and raises clinical suspicions. Finally, this case report confirms the exceptionally symptomatic nature of the pathology, illustrating the irrelevance of treatment or specific follow-up.

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Congenital Complete Absence of the Left Pericardium

Flintoaca¹,

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Lupescu³

2016

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Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare condition, which can be isolated, but most frequently associated with other cardiac or extracardiac congenital anomalies. Generally, most the patients with pericardial absence are asymptomatic. In some cases, partial pericardial defects can be life threatening, because of heart and lung herniation and ventricular entrapment. The pericardium has a supporting and protecting role for the heart and the proximal great vessels (ascending aorta and pulmonary arterial trunk), so absence of the pericardial layers allows important thoracic displacement of the heart. Diagnosis is established by the relevant radio-imaging findings suggestive of complete absence of the pericardium, with characteristic cardiac silhouette abnormalities. We present a case with complete absence of the left pericardium in an asymptomatic young male patient. A review of literature focusing on congenital pericardial defects and the radiological findings of this condition, focused on cardiac-MR imaging, is also presented.

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Congenital complete absence of pericardium in a young woman with non‐specific symptoms

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Complete Absence of The Left Pericardium in On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Operation

Complete Absence of The Left Pericardium in On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Operation

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Congenital Complete Absence of the Left Pericardium

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