Extracardiac Mass After Pericardiectomy

Keiko Shimamoto, MD; Yasuhiro Hamatani, MD, PhD; Satsuki Fukushima, MD, PhD; Hideaki Kanzaki, MD, PhD; Tomoyuki Fujita, MD, PhD; Kengo F. Kusano, MD, PhD; Satoshi Yasuda, MD, PhD; Chisato Izumi, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Extracardiac Mass After Pericardiectomy

Keiko Shimamoto, MD,
Yasuhiro Hamatani, MD, PhD,
Satsuki Fukushima, MD, PhD,
Hideaki Kanzaki, MD, PhD,
Tomoyuki Fujita, MD, PhD,
Kengo F. Kusano, MD, PhD,
Satoshi Yasuda, MD, PhD,
Chisato Izumi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Keiko Shimamoto, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Yasuhiro Hamatani, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Address for correspondence: Dr. Yasuhiro Hamatani, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1 Kishibe-shimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
Satsuki Fukushima, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Hideaki Kanzaki, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Tomoyuki Fujita, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Kengo F. Kusano, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Satoshi Yasuda, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Chisato Izumi, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 339 – 344

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We describe an extracardiac mass in a 72-year-old man with a history of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. Imaging studies revealed that progressive shrinkage of the residual pericardium compressed mitral valve anteriority, and fat replacement of the secondarily enlarged posterior space of the atrioventricular groove appeared as a space-occupying lesion. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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