Iatrogenic intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia diagnosed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

ABSTRACT: Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernias are very uncommon and are most typically caused by high-force blunt trauma. Other iatrogenic causes such as prior surgical formation of a pericardial window have been described, but are exceedingly rare. We present a case of an intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a patient with a prior pericardial window in which the diagnosis was unclear using conventional imaging modalities, but was established using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

SUBMITTER: Drafts BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2817870 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature