Epicardial fat can mimic pericardial effusion on transoesophageal echocardiogram

Epicardial fat can mimic pericardial effusion on transoesophageal echocardiogram.

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Pleural effusion on transthoracic echocardiogram.

A4-year-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot had complete repair by open-heart surgery with patch closure of the ventricular septal defect, resection of the pulmonary valve, and placement of a transannular pericardial patch to enlarge the right ventricular outflow tract. On the day of discharge, a 2D echocardiogram revealed a small anterior pericardial effusion and a large pleural effusion, seen h...

Pericardial effusion.

Rare case of cardiac hemangioma causing massive pericardial effusion: can a left atrial tumor produce pericardial effusion?

A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 2-month history of general malaise and anasarca. The chest x-ray showed cardiomegaly, and transthoracic echocar-diography revealed massive pericardial effusion leading to cardiac tamponade (Figure 1A and 1B). Immediately, 1400 mL pericardial effusion (yellow exudate) was removed by needle pericardiocentesis. After the procedure, transth...

Chronic Pericardial Effusion

P ERICARDIAL effusion is relatively common in tropical Africa, and because of the prevalence of tuberculosis in such developing countries most large sterile pericardial effusions are frequently regarded as tubereulous unless proof to the contrary is forthcoming. With the recent introduction of chemotherapy such a diagnosis demands the long-term exhibition of antituberculous drugs. It has been k...