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NCT Number: NCT01903980

Epipericardial Fat Necrosis: A Misdiagnosed Condition

Epipericardial fat necrosis is a benign and self-limited condition that mainly curses with acute pleuritic chest pain and therefore must be an important differential diagnosis for patients in emergency department (ED). The knowledge of characteristics symptoms and correct management may avoid misdiagnosis or mistakes with other severe conditions like pulmonary embolism, pericarditis or acute coronary disease.

Despite the importance of this entity, only fewer than 40 cases have been reported since 1957, when the condition was first described.

We have seen a couple of similar cases in our institution during a short period of time, and we suspect that these numbers doesn't mean the real prevalence of epipericardial fat necrosis, so maybe this condition could be underdiagnosed. Instead, there isn't a study that tried to estimate an incidence of this entity.

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Key information

Conditions

Epipericardial Fat Necrosis Chest Pain Fat Necrosis Necrosis Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hospital Sirio Libanes, São Paulo, Brazil

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with imaging criteria of EFN (defined as a round fat attenuation lesion with peripheral stranding located in the epipericardial fat)

Exclusion criteria

  • no exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

No intervention. It is a retrospective study

Other

No intervention. It is a retrospective study

Primary outcomes

  1. Determinate the incidence of epipericardial fat necrosis

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Identify misdiagnosed cases of epipericardial fat necrosis

    Time frame: 18 months

Other outcomes

  1. Describe Clinical and Radiological data of epipericardial fat necrosis

    Time frame: 18 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital Sirio-Libanes

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Registry information

Acronym: epipericardial

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jul 19, 2013
Registry last updated
Jul 19, 2013

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