Open AccessEggshell calcification of the heart in constrictive pericarditis
Author(s) -
Rajesh Vijayvergiya,
Ramalingam Vadivelu,
Sachin Mahajan,
Sandeep Rana,
Manphool Singhal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v7.i9.579
Subject(s) - constrictive pericarditis , pericardiectomy , medicine , calcification , pericardium , pericarditis , cardiology , calcinosis , radiology
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is an inflammatory disease of pericardium. Pericardial calcification in X-ray provides a clue for the diagnosis of CP. An extensive "eggshell" type of calcification is rarely seen in CP. We hereby report a case of CP with eggshell calcification of pericardium, encircling whole of the heart. A need for multimodality imaging and hemodynamic assessment followed by surgical pericardiectomy is discussed.