Constrictive pericarditis
Diagnosis probable
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Status
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Diagnostic Certainty
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Presentation
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Age
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InCT features are suggestive of constrictive pericarditis. In this case, the patient was not complaining of chest pain ,the, the presentation was for shortness of breath which is the result of bilateral pleural effusioneffusions as a complication of pulmonary hypertension
-<p>In this case the patient was not complaining of chest pain ,the presentation was for shortness of breath which is the result of bilateral pleural effusion as a complication of pulmonary hypertension </p>- +<p>CT features are suggestive of <a title="Constrictive pericarditis" href="/articles/constrictive-pericarditis">constrictive pericarditis</a>. In this case, the patient was not complaining of chest pain, the presentation was for shortness of breath which is the result of bilateral pleural effusions as a complication of pulmonary hypertension </p>
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Findings
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Prominent main pulmonary artery (32 mm diameter) and bilateral pleural effusion with significant reflux of contrast into the IVC , signs- signs reflecting pulmonary hypertension
Presence of significant pericardicalpericardial calcification along the anterior and posterioinferiorposteroinferior surface of the pericardium
features goes with constrictive pericarditis