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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance successfully established the diagnosis of an iatrogenic intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia when conventional imaging modalities like echocardiography and CT were inconclusive.
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is a useful modality for diagnosing rare intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernias when conventional imaging is inconclusive.
Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernias are very uncommon and are most typically caused by high-force blunt trauma. Other iatrogenic causes such as prior surgical formation of a pericardial window have been described, but are exceedingly rare. We present a case of an intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a patient with a prior pericardial window in which the diagnosis was unclear using conventional imaging modalities, but was established using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
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Drafts et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Iatrogenic intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia (n=1). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) vs. Conventional imaging (echocardiography and non-gated CT) was evaluated on Diagnosis of intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance successfully established the diagnosis of an iatrogenic intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia when conventional imaging modalities like echocardiography and CT were inconclusive.
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