Porcelain atrium

Serial images of porcelain atrium.

Funding J.L.H. is funded by a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship (FS/10/65/28404).This study is also partly fundedby theTechnology Strategy Board/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Magnetic Resonance Guided Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmia (MaRGiTA) grant (TS/G002142/1) and The Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering funded by the Wellcome Tr...

Porcelain Atrium: A Case Report with Literature Review

Massive left atrial wall calcification, or porcelain atrium, is very rare. We describe a case of an unusual pattern of cardiac calcification demonstrated on routine preoperative chest X-ray for cataract surgery in a 71-year-old Nigerian woman. Past medical history was significant for mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation. Radiographic imaging revealed curvilinear high density areas of calcifi...

Porcelain Gallbladder

Porcelain gallbladder or calcified gallbladder is a rare entity and is considered as the end stage of chronic cholecystitis. This disease is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and usually mimics carcinoma gallbladder. Hereby, we present a rare and interesting case of porcelain gallbladder that was diagnosed preoperatively and managed by cholecystectomy. How to cite this article: Goel A, Agarwal A,...

Conservative porcelain indirect restorations.

Porcelain gallbladder – case rePort

Porcelain gallbladder is rare manifestation of chronic cholecystitis. calcification of the gallbladder wall is present between 0.06%-0.8% of cholecystectomy specimens. the pathogenesis is still unknown but it is believed that it caused by irritation the gallbladder by stones which lead to chronic inflammation associated with calcium deposit. calcification of the gallbladder wall is associated w...