Prominent pericardial fat pad

Case contributed by Stefan Heinze
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chest pain.

Patient Data

Age: 61
Gender: Male
x-ray

Faintly dense opacity right heart border. Visible anteriorly on the lateral projection. 

Prominent right epicardial fat pad correlates with CXR opacity. No other abnormality. 

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