Congenital Complete Absence of the Left Pericardium
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Congenital complete absence of left pericardium. Report of two cases.
Congenital absence of the pericardium is rare. In 7,500 necropsies cross-indexed since 1949 in the Department of Pathology, University of Otago, none was recorded, while in 12,000 recorded necropsies since 1921, only one was seen (D'Ath, 1969). The defect may be partial or complete. Though first described by Realdus Columbus in 1559, and thereafter noted as an unusual necropsy finding (Rusby an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Translational Medicine and Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2393-4999
DOI: 10.21614/jtmr-21-4-106