MRI Findings of Pericardial Fat Necrosis: Case Report.
10.3348/kjr.2011.12.3.390
- Author:
Hyo Hyeok LEE
1
;
Dae Shick RYU
;
Sang Sig JUNG
;
Seung Mun JUNG
;
Soo Jung CHOI
;
Dae Hee SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Gangwon-do 210-711, Korea. ryu@gnah.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pericardial fat;
Fat necrosis;
Magnetic resonance (MR)
- MeSH:
Adult;
Contrast Media/diagnostic use;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fat Necrosis/*diagnosis;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods;
Male;
Pericardium/*pathology
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2011;12(3):390-394
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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 other causes of acute chest pain and from the fat-containing tumors in the cardiophrenic space of the anterior mediastinum.
