Crescent-shaped extensive pericardial calcification

Massive, ring-shaped pericardial calcification of atrioventricular groove

Pericardial calcification in constrictive pericarditis

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND A high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis (CP) in patients presenting with cirrhosis and volume overload, as they can otherwise go misdiagnosed for years. METHODS Case report. FINDINGS A 51 year-old man with a history of presumed alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with anasarca. Abdominal ultrasou...

Extensive pleural calcification.

Pleural calcification is a commonly encountered diagnostic finding in daily practice. A 55 year old male patient presented to us with chest pain for last 3 months. There was a past history of pleural effusion, for which he took ATT for six months. Physical examination was unremarkable. On investigation, ECG showed ST depression in inferior leads. Patient was treated as ischemic heart disease an...

Calciphylaxis with extensive arterial calcification

Calciphylaxis is a clinical syndrome of arteriolar calcification with resultant tissue necrosis, most commonly seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis. This condition carries a high mortality rate mainly due to infection. Helpful interventions include adequate dialytic therapy, medical management of hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia, and intravenous sodium thiosulf...

Constrictive pericarditis with extensive calcification.

A patient with signs and symptoms of right heart failure of unknown etiology was referred to a referral hospital in the eastern area of the city of São Paulo with a diagnosis of calcified constrictive pericarditis and was treated by surgery. This pathology is characterized by an irreversible process of pericardium calcification, and surgery is the only alternative to control the symptoms and im...