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CT and MRI Findings in a Child with Constrictive Pericarditis

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Constrictive pericarditis is rare in children. We report computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a 3-year-old girl. She had a swollen abdomen that increased in two months. CT and MRI showed a thickened pericardium (5.2 mm) without calcification. Both atria were enlarged and ventricles were relatively small. The engorged inferior vena cava had 2.8× the diameter of the descending aorta at the same level. Symptoms were dramatically improved after pericardiectomy. The histopathological features confirmed chronic pericarditis.

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Medical College and Hospital, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan, Republic of China, TW

    S.-J. Chen, Y.-W. Li, C.-T. Su & J. C.-Y. Hsu

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Medical College and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipai, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW

    M.-H. Wu, J.-K. Wang & H.-C. Lue

  3. Department of Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW

    I.-S. Chiu

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Chen, SJ., Li, YW., Wu, MH. et al. CT and MRI Findings in a Child with Constrictive Pericarditis. Pediatr Cardiol 19, 259–262 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900301

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