Right Ventricular Inflow Obstruction due to Giant Hematoma Formed by Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis.

Abstract

A 26-year-old man having chronic constrictive pericarditis with rare complications is described. Right ventricular inflow obstruction was caused by an intracavity giant mass which was surrounded by thick calcified pericardium. The mass consisted of old bloody fluid with some calcified tissue. The findings of auscultation closely mimicked those of tricuspid valvular stenosis.(Internal Medicine 32: 346-349, 1993)