Congenital complete absence of the pericardium: A multimodality imaging diagnostic approach

The complete congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare and benign condition, which often presents a diagnostic dilemma. We reported a case of essentially complete absence of the pericardium with an otherwise normal heart in a 16 year old that was imaged with both transthoracic echocardiography and MRI. © 2010, Wiley Periodicals, Inc