Why the study?
Can noninvasive imaging like echocardiography or chest CT differentiate constrictive pericarditis from Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with atypical features?
Population
3 patients in whom constrictive pericarditis clinically mimicked Budd-Chiari syndrome
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Noninvasive cardiac imaging may identify constrictive pericarditis mimicking Budd-Chiari syndrome; leaves open whether it should precede liver biopsy in atypical cases.
Can noninvasive imaging like echocardiography or chest CT differentiate constrictive pericarditis from Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with atypical features?
Constrictive pericarditis can clinically mimic Budd-Chiari syndrome, highlighting the importance of noninvasive cardiac imaging to rule out treatable cardiac causes before pursuing invasive liver biopsy.
Arora et al. (1991) studied this question.
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