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Saurabh Ajit Deshpande1, Ameya Udyavar2
1Cardiology, Jagjivan Ram Western Railway Hospital, Mumbai-400008, India.
Abstract:
Egg-shell calcification is rare in cases with constrictive pericarditis. It leads to significant right heart failure and the only treatment is surgical excision of the pericardium. We present a case of a 22-year-old-male who was diagnosed to have severe pericardial calcification on the chest X-ray, which eventually led to a diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis and required an early surgical correction. This case shows that a common diagnostic test such as a chest X-ray does help to diagnose a severe systemic condition.
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