descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1974 English Publisher:Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)Journal:Radiology, volume 112, pages 159-165 (issn: 0033-8419, eissn: 1527-1315,

Authors: J L, Stolz; P, Borns; J, Schwade;

doi: 10.1148/112.1.159

pmid: 4832487

The Pediatric Pericardium

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Abstract

In a review of 48 cases, pediatric pericardial abnormalities were categorized by etiology: developmental, tumor-related, pericarditic, and postsurgical. In 34 (70%) a pericardial effusion was present at some point in the clinical course; the plain film in these cases revealed that straightening of the left heart border is an early sign of fluid within the pericardial sac and appears before the classic globular heart. Fluoroscopy and radionuclide and ultrasound studies can help confirm the plain film impression. In addition, the various pericardial abnormalities are discussed with reference to the literature.

Keywords

Heart Defects, Congenital, Adolescent, Heart Diseases, Infant, Newborn, Calcinosis, Infant, Pericardial Effusion, Heart Neoplasms, Postoperative Complications, Child, Preschool, Fluoroscopy, Humans, Pericarditis, Thalassemia, Child, Radionuclide Imaging, Pericardium, Retrospective Studies, Ultrasonography

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