MRI Findings of Pericardial Fat Necrosis: Case Report
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MRI Findings of Pericardial Fat Necrosis: Case Report
Pericardial fat necrosis is an infrequent cause of acute chest pain and this can mimic acute myocardial infarction and acute pericarditis. We describe here a patient with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of pericardial fat necrosis and this was correlated with the computed tomography (CT) findings. The MRI findings may be helpful for distinguishing pericardial fat necrosis from oth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Radiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1229-6929
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2011.12.3.390