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EPICARDIAL FAT LINE IN LEFT PLEURAL EFFUSION

DAVID J. FROLICH M.D.1, J. LUTHER CLEMENTS JR. M.D.2, and H. STEPHEN WEENS M.D.3

1 Radiologist, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia.
2 Professor of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
3 Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.

Determination of cardiac size, cardiac displacement or both in association with left pleural effusion can be accomplished with the aid of the epicardial fat line.

As this is visible probably rather commonly, radiologists should be aware of this phenomenon as a valuable method in the differential diagnosis and over-all clinical assessment and management of patients.


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