A case of effusive-constructive pericarditis: an efficacy of GD-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to detect a pericardial thickening.

Watanabe, A; Hara, Y; Hamada, M; Kodama, K; Shigematsu, Y; Sakuragi, S; Kawachi, K; Hiwada, K

Watanabe, A; Hara, Y; Hamada, M; Kodama, K; Shigematsu, Y; Sakuragi, S; Kawachi, K; Hiwada, K.

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Watanabe A; The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.

Magn Reson Imaging ; 16(3): 347-50, 1998 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9621977

ABSTRACT

A 38-year-old man underwent pericardiectomy because of effusive-constrictive pericarditis. The gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed pericardial thickening separate from the effusion, which could not be shown by unenhanced computed tomography. Gd-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging could be useful for the early detection of effusive-constrictive pericarditis.

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Contrast Media; Gadolinium DTPA; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pericardial Effusion/diagnosis; Pericarditis, Constrictive/diagnosis; Pericardium/pathology; Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Male; Pericardial Effusion/surgery; Pericardiectomy; Pericarditis, Constrictive/surgery; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pericardial Effusion / Pericarditis, Constrictive / Pericardium / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Contrast Media / Gadolinium DTPA Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Magn Reson Imaging Year: 1998 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Japan Country of publication: Netherlands

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