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*Infectious pericarditis - post-procedural.
*Infectious pericarditis - post-procedural.
*[[Fibrinous pericarditis]].
*[[Fibrinous pericarditis]].
*Pericardial cyst.
*[[Pericardial cyst]].
**Rare - 1 in 100,000.<ref name=pmid22723538/>
**Typical location: right cardiophrenic angle.<ref name=pmid22723538>{{cite journal |author=Peebles CR, Shambrook JS, Harden SP |title=Pericardial disease--anatomy and function |journal=Br J Radiol |volume=84 Spec No 3 |issue= |pages=S324–37 |year=2011 |month=December |pmid=22723538 |pmc=3473919 |doi=10.1259/bjr/16168253 |url=}}</ref>


===Malignant===
===Malignant===
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=Specific entities=
=Specific entities=
==Idiopathic pericarditis==
==Idiopathic pericarditis==
:''Pericarditis'' redirects here.
===General===
===General===
*Uncommon.
*Uncommon.
*In the clinical context ''pericarditis'' is used for things that probably don't have inflammation.<ref name=pmid16200146>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Roberts | first1 = WC. | title = Pericardial heart disease: its morphologic features and its causes. | journal = Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 38-55 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16200146 }}</ref>
**"Pericardial heart disease" may be a better descriptor.


Etiologies of pericarditis:<ref name=pmid22723538/>
Etiologies of pericarditis:<ref name=pmid22723538/>
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*Infectious pericarditis.
*Infectious pericarditis.
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].<ref name=pmid23773902/>
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].<ref name=pmid23773902/>
====Images====
<gallery>
Image: Acute pericarditis -- intermed mag.jpg | AP - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Acute pericarditis -- high mag.jpg | AP - high mag. (WC)
Image: Acute pericarditis -- very high mag.jpg | AP - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


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*[[Heart]].
*[[Heart]].
*[[Mediastinum]].
*[[Mediastinum]].
*[[Fibrinous pericarditis]].


==References==
==References==
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