Why the study?
Epipericardial fat necrosis is a rare, benign cause of acute chest pain that can imitate life-threatening diseases such as acute coronary syndrome.
Contrast-enhanced MRI is a useful modality for diagnosing epipericardial fat necrosis, a rare and benign cause of acute chest pain that mimics life-threatening conditions.
May aid noninvasive EPFN diagnosis in acute chest pain; leaves open validation in prospective cohorts before practice change.
Epipericardial fat necrosis (EPFN) is a rare, benign cause of acute chest pain imitating symptoms of life-threatening diseases, such as acute coronary syndrome. Here We report a 37-year-old, healthy male presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden-onset pleuritic chest pain after an isometric physical training. Initial cardiac workup included ECG, echocardiography was unremarkable, but diagnosis of an inflammatory process that involved the epipericardial fat tissue surrounding the heart was made by showing encapsulated fatty lesion, enhanced adjacent parietal pericardium using of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Magnetic resonance imaging would help physicians to differentiate EPFN from severe and life-treating conditions.
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