Chylopericardium associated with constrictive pericarditis assessed by
multimodality imaging
- Emmanuel Androulakis
, - Konstantinos Bratis,
- TP Chua,
- Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran
Emmanuel Androulakis
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Author ProfileVenkatachalam Chandrasekaran
St George's University Hospital
Author ProfileAbstract
Abstract An 80-year-old male patient developed exertional dyspnea and
bilateral peripheral oedema. Investigations including an echocardiogram,
cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance suggested
calcific pericardial thickening encapsulating the heart with associated
constriction. This is an interesting case as constriction was associated
with a large chylopericardium of unknown cause13 Dec 2020Submitted to Clinical Case Reports 21 Dec 2020Assigned to Editor
21 Dec 2020Submission Checks Completed
13 Jan 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
16 Jan 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
16 Jan 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
