Acute pericarditis

Case contributed by Euan Zhang , 5 Feb 2017
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Tee Yu Jin, 16 Jun 2019

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 40 to 40 years.
Presentation was changed:
Presented to the ED with acute pleuritic chest pain. A CT PApulmonary angiography was requested to rule out PE.

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Previous study two months prior from CT of the abdomen
Modality was set to CT.
Findings was added:

CT of the abdomen performed two months prior. 

Images Changes:

Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )

Specifics changed from Two months prior to C+ portal venous phase.
Perspective changed from to Axial.
Description was removed:
Previous study two months prior from CT of the abdomen/pelvis

Image 1 CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )

Position was set to .

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

The pericardium is thickened and enhancing, with adjacent epicardial and pericardial stranding. These findings are new compared to the visualized thorax from a CT of the abdomen/pelvis two months prior.

Two incidental hemangiomata are visualized in the liver.

Images Changes:

Image CT (C+ CTPA) ( update )

Description was removed:
Current study

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