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This paper presents a 13-year-old Korean boy who has chronic constrictive pericarditis. Clinical features simulating cirrhosis of liver and nephrotic syndrome, such as generalized edema, marked ascites and hepatomegaly were noted since January this year. His chest X-Ray films showed neither enlarged heart nor calcified area of pericardium, but the characteristic weak cardiac pulsation was revealed by cardiac fluoroscopy. Electrocardiogram... |
