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. 2018 Jan-Feb;51(1):62-63.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2016.0095.

Epipericardial fat necrosis: increasing the rate of diagnosis by disseminating knowledge within a single institution

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Epipericardial fat necrosis: increasing the rate of diagnosis by disseminating knowledge within a single institution

Karina de Souza Giassi et al. Radiol Bras. 2018 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
CT scan of a 29-year-old female with acute pleuritic chest pain showing a soft, round, fatty attenuating lesion in the epipericardial fat, the pain and the lesion both being features that are characteristic of EFN.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The 4-year progression of EFN diagnosis data at a single institution.

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