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Pericardial calcification in childhood

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Calcific constrictive pericarditis (CCP) in a three-year-old child with symptoms of cardiac compression was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiography. Histologic examination of the pericardial tissue removed at operation revealed a tuberculous etiology.

Though unusual in the pediatric age group, constrictive pericarditis (CP) may occur in children, most often as a complication of tuberculosis. Pericardial calcification may also develop in children with CP, though this too is rare. The diagnosis of CCP can be established by cardiac catheterization and angiography. Pericardiectomy is the definitive treatment.

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  1. Section of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Illinois Medical Center and Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster St., 60068, Chicago and Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

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van der Horst, R.L. Pericardial calcification in childhood. Cardiovasc Radiol 1, 265–267 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552054

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