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Absence of the left pericardium diagnosed by computed tomography
J L Jacob1, A S Souza Júnior, A Parro Júnior
1Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São José do Rio, Preto, Brazil.
International Journal of Cardiology
|January 6, 1995
Abstract:
A case report of left pericardial absence in a 12-year-old boy is described. The suspected diagnosis was not shown either by cross-sectional echocardiography or angiography, but was correctly established by computed tomography (CT), showing the effectiveness of this diagnostic test for diagnosis of pericardial defects.