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An anatomic and embryologic study of congenital absence of the pericardium and the relationship of the ligamentum arteriosum to this defect was carried out by the authors. A case report is presented to clinically correlate the anatomic and radiologic findings in this anomaly. The authors propose that visualization of the ligamentum arteriosum by computed tomography is a characteristic sign for congenital absence of the left pericardium.
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Les auteurs ont effectué une étude anatomique et embryologique de l'absence congénitale du péricarde et des relations entre le ligament artériel et cette absence. Ils rapportent une observation à propos de laquelle ils établisent les corrélations cliniques des données anatomiques et radiologiques de cette variation. Ils suggèrent que la visualisation du ligament artériel par tomodensitométrie soit interprétée comme un signe caractéristique de l'absence congénitale du péricarde gauche.
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Vesely, T., Julsrud, P.R. Congenital absence of the pericardium and its relationship to the ligamentum arteriosum. Surg Radiol Anat 11, 171–175 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096477
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