Evaluation of the Pericardium with CT and MR

Table 2

Abbreviated differential diagnosis of pericardial effusion [18, 42].

Disease category	Disease entity
Systemic hemodynamic	Congestive heart failure
	Post-MI (Dressler) syndrome
	Cirrhosis
Metabolic	Malnutrition
	Hypoalbuminemia
	Uremia
	Chronic hypothyroidism (myxedema)
Inflammatory/autoimmune	Rheumatoid arthritis
	Systemic lupus erythematosis
	Other connective tissue diseases
	Sarcoidosis
	Sympathetic effusion due to sepsis
Infectious	Viral
	Suppurative (bacterial)
	Tuberculous
	Fungal
	Parasitic
Traumatic/iatrogenic	Chronic traumatic hematoma
	Postpericardiotomy syndrome
	Radiation pericarditis
	Postcardiac surgery/intervention
Neoplastic	Metastasis
	Primary neoplasm
	Lymphoma
Other	Drug reaction
	Chylopericardium
	Idiopathic