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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A flask-shaped, enlarged cardiac silhouette will be observed on [[chest x-ray]] in [[pericarditis]] complicated with [[pericardial effusion]] or [[cardiac tamponade|tamponade]]. A mass may also be seen when [[malignancy]] is the cause. [[Calcification]] of [[pericardium]] may be noted in [[constrictive pericarditis]]. | |||
==Uncomplicated Pericarditis== | ==Uncomplicated Pericarditis== | ||
In uncomplicated pericarditis, in the absence of a [[pericardial effusion]] or [[cardiac tamponade]], the heart will not be enlarged on chest x ray. | In uncomplicated pericarditis, in the absence of a [[pericardial effusion]] or [[cardiac tamponade]], the [[heart]] will not be enlarged on [[chest x ray]]. | ||
==Complicated Pericarditis== | ==Complicated Pericarditis== | ||
A flask-shaped, enlarged cardiac silhouette will be observed on [[chest X ray]] in the setting of [[pericardial effusion]] or [[cardiac tamponade]]. | |||
==Chest X Ray Examples== | |||
[[Image:Pericardial effusion_3.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Pericardial effusion]] | [[Image:Pericardial effusion_3.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Pericardial effusion]] | ||
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[[Image:Pericard-effusion-01.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Pericardial effusion Day of the admission]] | [[Image:Pericard-effusion-01.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Pericardial effusion Day of the admission]] | ||
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==Pericardial Masses== | ==Pericardial Masses== | ||
[[Image:Mesothelial cyst of the pericardium.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Mesothelial cyst of the pericardium. Note the rounded mass in the right costophrenic angle (arrow).]] | [[Image:Mesothelial cyst of the pericardium.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Mesothelial cyst of the pericardium. Note the rounded mass in the right costophrenic angle (arrow).]] | ||
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==Pericardial | ==Pericardial Calcification== | ||
[[Image:Pericardial calcification.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Pericardial calcifications in [[constrictive pericarditis]]]] | [[Image:Pericardial calcification.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Pericardial calcifications in [[constrictive pericarditis]]]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
A flask-shaped, enlarged cardiac silhouette will be observed on chest x-ray in pericarditis complicated with pericardial effusion or tamponade. A mass may also be seen when malignancy is the cause. Calcification of pericardium may be noted in constrictive pericarditis.
Uncomplicated Pericarditis
In uncomplicated pericarditis, in the absence of a pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade, the heart will not be enlarged on chest x ray.
Complicated Pericarditis
A flask-shaped, enlarged cardiac silhouette will be observed on chest X ray in the setting of pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade.
Chest X Ray Examples
Images shown below are courtesy of RadsWiki
Pericardial Masses
Pericardial Calcification
