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case_images: Chest x-ray showing marked symmetric cardiomegaly.
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case_images: A chest x-ray showed marked symmetric cardiomegaly (Figure 1).
case_images: Echocardiogram showing pericardial effusion.
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case_images: The diagnosis of a large fibrinous pericardial effusion with signs of hemodynamic compromise was made (Figure 2).
case_images: Wet mount preparation of pericardial fluid showing Trichinella spiralis.
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case_images: A simple wet mount preparation of the fluid revealed motile (coiling) round worms (with slender anterior ends) identified as T. spiralis (Figure 3).