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case_images: Chest radiograph before pericardiectomy showing cardiomegaly and pulmonary venous hypertension
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case_images: Her chest X-ray [Figure 1] showed cardiomegaly and pulmonary venous hypertension.
case_images: Computed tomography image showing normal thickness of the pericardium (arrow)
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case_images: CT angiogram, [Figure 2] however, did not reveal pericardial thickening or calcification.
case_images: Histopathology of excised pericardium. Pericardium showing (a) Dense fibrosis and hyalinization with focal chronic inflammatory cell infiltration (inset, arrow) (b) Masson Trichrome stain imparts blue color to the fibrosed area
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case_images: Histopathological examination of the excised pericardial tissue showed fibrosis, hyalinization, and focal chronic inflammation consistent with pericarditis [Figure 3].
case_images: Chest radiograph after pericardiectomy showing some decrease in cardiomegaly
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case_images: On follow-up 1-year after pericardiectomy the child is active and growing adequately [Figure 4].