Authors:
Khurram Bilal Tariq*, Farhangi Arezo and Rana Fauzia
Affiliation(s):
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Dates:
Received: June 27, 2014; Accepted: July 02, 2014; Published: July 03, 2014
*Corresponding author:
Khurram Bilal Tariq, MD, University of Florida, Department of Internal Medicine, 653 West 8th Street, Box L 18, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA, Tel: 904-244-3093; Email: Khurram.Tariq@jax.ufl.edu
Citation:
Tariq K, Farhangi A, Rana F (2014) Extensive Pericardial Calcification in Constrictive Pericarditis. Imaging J Clin Med Sciences 1(1): 004. DOI: 10.17352/2455-8702.000004
Copyright:
© 2014 Tariq K. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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  1. Figure 4:
    Severe calcification of the pericardium with thickness measuring up to an impressive 1.2 cm leading to bi-atrial enlargement. The inter-ventricular septum is also straightened. All these findings are highly suggestive of constrictive pericarditis on the CT scan image shown above.

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