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Pericardial calcification

Case contributed by Augusto César Vieira Teixeira
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient with clinical diagnosis of diastolic heart failure.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male

Chest radiographs

x-ray

Left cardiac border calcification.

CT Chest

ct

Axial CT scan demonstrates pericardial calcification

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