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Calcific Pericarditis

CALCIFIC PERICARDITIS
56 year old male with history of ASD repair, alcoholism, post MVA with traumatic brain injury
Chest X rays reveal pericardial calcification along the lateral and inferior aspect of the heart possibly due to prior surgery. MRI performed for evaluation of the cirrhotic liver to exclude hepatoma shows only a minimally irregular and thickened pericardium ? up to 5mm
Ashley Davidoff MD
CALCIFIC PERICARDITIS
56 year old male with history of ASD repair, alcoholism, post MVA with traumatic brain injury
Chest X rays reveal pericardial calcification along the lateral and inferior aspect of the heart possibly due to prior surgery. MRI performed for evaluation of the cirrhotic liver to exclude hepatoma shows only a minimally irregular and thickened pericardium ? up to 5mm
Ashley Davidoff MD
CALCIFIC PERICARDITIS T1 and T2
56 year old male with history of ASD repair, alcoholism, post MVA with traumatic brain injury
Chest X rays reveal pericardial calcification along the lateral and inferior aspect of the heart possibly due to prior surgery. MRI performed for evaluation of the cirrhotic liver to exclude hepatoma shows only a minimally irregular and thickened pericardium ? up to 5mm
Ashley Davidoff MD

 

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