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Unusual presentation of purulent pericarditis: diagnostic contribution of MRI |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Radiology, Hospital of St. Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;(2) Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of St. Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA |
| Abstract: | Purulent bacterial pericarditis is an uncommon form of infectious pericarditis, occurring usually in immunocompromised patients. It may rarely present as a nodular or tumefactive lesion, and in such cases is liable to be confused with primary and metastatic tumors. We describe the imaging features and diagnostic contribution of CT and MRI in a 68-year-old woman with mass-like purulent pericarditis. |
| Keywords: | Purulent pericarditis Echocardiography Computed tomography Magentic resonance imaging Pericardiectomy |
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