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Epipericardial fat necrosis: Uncommon cause of acute pleuritic chest pain

Epipericardial fat necrosis (EPFN) is a rare cause for acute chest. We describe the case of a previously healthy 25-year-old man who presented with sudden onset of left-sided chest pain. Laboratory values showed only mildly elevated d-dimer and electrocardiogram was normal. However, subsequent CT an...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Don N., Tran, Cassie D., Rudkin, Scott M., Mueller, Jeffrey S., Hartman, Matthew S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6161301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30275921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.09.007