A case of congenital partial absence of the left pericardium presenting with atypical chest pain

Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare cardiac malformation and can be defined as the partial or total absence of the fibroelastic sac that surrounds the heart and great vessels. As the patients are often asymptomatic or have nonspecific symptoms, the diagnosis of this rare congenital...

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Published inTurk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir Vol. 49; no. 8; pp. 685 - 687
Main Authors Kahyaoğlu, Muzaffer, Geçmen, Çetin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey Aves Yayincilik Ltd. STI 01.12.2021
KARE Publishing
Subjects
Adult
Asymptomatic
Cardiology
Chest Pain - etiology
Coronary vessels
Defects
Echocardiography
Heart
Humans
Magnetic resonance imaging
Male
Multimodal Imaging - methods
Pain
Patients
Pericardium
Pericardium - abnormalities
Pericardium - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary arteries
Radiography, Thoracic
Rare Diseases - congenital
Rare Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Veins & arteries
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Summary:Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare cardiac malformation and can be defined as the partial or total absence of the fibroelastic sac that surrounds the heart and great vessels. As the patients are often asymptomatic or have nonspecific symptoms, the diagnosis of this rare congenital anomaly is difficult. Therefore, it is usually diagnosed incidentally during imaging, intraoperatively, or during postmortem examinations. In this regard, it is important to keep specific images in mind during the examination and to suspect CAP to make an accurate diagnosis. In this report, we present a case of a 42-year-old male who presented with a complaint of atypical chest pain and was diagnosed with CAP using multimodality imaging.
ISSN:1016-5169
1308-4488
DOI:10.5543/tkda.2021.21054