Key result
Echo and CMR successfully diagnose a rare congenital right-sided pericardial defect with RAA herniation.
Why the study?
Congenital partial defects of the right-sided pericardium are rare and can cause serious cardiac complications, but clinical presentations vary and diagnosis can be challenging.
Case Report (n=1)
Echocardiography and cardiac MRI are effective modalities for diagnosing rare congenital partial pericardial defects with right atrial appendage herniation.
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Alerts clinicians to rare pericardial defects in symptomatic infants; single case leaves management and screening questions open.
A congenital partial defect of the right-sided pericardium is a rare cardiac anomaly and it represents defective formation of the pleuropericardial membrane. Patients can be asymptomatic, but they may experience chest pain, myocardial ischemia, emboli, arrhythmia, and sudden death. In this report, we present an 8-month-old boy with pericardial defect and right atrial appendage herniation. It was diagnosed by echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
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Karakurt et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Congenital partial pericardial defect and herniated right atrial appendage (n=1). Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated on Diagnosis of pericardial defect and right atrial appendage herniation. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging successfully diagnosed a rare congenital partial defect of the right-sided pericardium with right atrial appendage herniation in an 8-month-old boy.
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