Partial Congenital Absence of The Pericardium: A Case Report

Abstract The complete or the partial absence of pericardium is a rare congenital malformation for which the patients are commonly asymptomatic and the diagnosis is incidental. The absence of the left side of the pericardium is the most common anomaly that is reported in the literature while the complete absence of pericardium or the absence of the right side of the pericardium are uncommon and their criteria are still unrecognized given their rare occurrence in clinical practice. This paper aims to report a case of 19-year-old male with the congenital partial absence of both sides of the pericardium and to highlight the symptoms and the different cardiac imaging modalities used to confirm the diagnosis of this defect.

摘要 心包完全或部分缺如是一种罕见的先天性畸形，患者通常无明显临床症状，诊断多为偶然发现。文献报道的心包缺损以左侧心包缺如最为常见，而心包完全缺如或右侧心包缺如则较为罕见；由于此类病例在临床中极少发生，其诊断标准至今尚未明确。本文旨在报告1例19岁男性先天性双侧心包部分缺如病例，并重点阐述该疾病的临床表现及用于确诊该缺损的各类心脏影像学检查手段。