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Case Reports
. 2003 Oct;18(4):250-3.
doi: 10.1097/00005382-200310000-00008.

Post-traumatic pericardial calcification

David Isaacs  1 , Paul Stark, Clinton Nichols, Jared Antevil, Ralph Shabetai
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Case Reports

Post-traumatic pericardial calcification

David Isaacs et al. J Thorac Imaging. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Trauma is a cause of calcific constrictive pericarditis, but less commonly may cause a localized mass. We report such a case in which the mass impinged on the right heart resulting in severe systemic venous stasis.

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