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Case Reports
. 2006;33(3):404-5.

Nontraumatic pericardiophrenic defect with tamponade

Jack C Salerno  1 , Colleen D Cailes, Mark B Lewin
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Case Reports

Nontraumatic pericardiophrenic defect with tamponade

Jack C Salerno et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2006.
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Fig. 1 Four-chamber echocardiographic view shows concentric pericardial effusion with an echogenic mass posterior to the left ventricle. LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle
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Fig. 2 An oblique coronal reconstruction of a computed tomogram shows the pericardial effusion with dilated loops of bowel within the pericardial space. **Bowel within the pericardium
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