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Case Reports

Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting as a Calcified Anterior Cardiac Mass

^a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
^b Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
^c Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida
^d Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas

Accepted for publication October 3, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Klodell, PO Box 100286 HSC, Gainesville, FL 32610 (Email: klodell{at}surgery.ufl.edu).

Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent disorder. We report the case of a 52-year-old man with constrictive pericarditis with an uncommon anterior associated pericardial mass. Upon diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, the patient underwent pericardectomy and resection of the mass. He is well 6 months postoperatively, with complete resolution of his heart failure symptoms.