Deshpande SA, Udyavar A. Egg-shell calcification in Pick's disease (chronic constrictive pericarditis).
Radiol Case Rep 2021;
16:847-849. [PMID:
33552337 PMCID:
PMC7848771 DOI:
10.1016/j.radcr.2021.01.042]
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Abstract
Egg-shell calcification is rare in cases with constrictive pericarditis. It leads to significant right heart failure and the only treatment is surgical excision of the pericardium. We present a case of a 22-year-old-male who was diagnosed to have severe pericardial calcification on the chest X-ray, which eventually led to a diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis and required an early surgical correction. This case shows that a common diagnostic test such as a chest X-ray does help to diagnose a severe systemic condition.
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