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Pericardial Disorders

  1. Congenital pericardial disorders
  • Peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia
  • Pericardial defects
  • Pericardial cysts
  1. Acquired pericardial disorders
  1. Pericardial effusion
  • Transudate or modified transudate (hydropericardium)
  • Congestive heart failure (increased hydrostatic pressure)
  • Hypoalbuminemia (reduced oncotic pressure)
  • Exudate (pericarditis)
  • Septic (bacterial, fungal)
  • Sterile (idiopathic, uremic, immune)
  • Hemorrhagic (hemopericardium)
  • Neoplastic (hemangiosarcoma, heart base tumor, lymphosarcoma, mesothelioma)
  • Traumatic
  • Left atrial rupture
  • Coagulopathy
  • Idiopathic
  1. Constrictive pericarditis
  • Neoplasia
  • Infection (bacterial, fungal)
  • Idiopathic
  • Pericardial foreign body
  1. Pericardial mass lesion (with or without effusion or fibrosis)
  • Pericardial cyst
  • Granuloma (fungal infections)
  • Neoplasia