hy·dro·per·i·car·di·um (h  dr -p r -kär d - m)n. The noninflammatory accumulation of watery fluid in the pericardial cavity. |
hydropericardium.
See pericardial effusion.
hydropericardium [hi″dro-per″ĭ-kahr´de-um]
an abnormal collection of fluid in the pericardial cavity.
hydropericardium
an excess of transudate in the pericardial cavity. The cardiac shadow is enlarged and distorted on radiography; its size encroaches on the area over which lung sounds can normally be heard.
hydropericardium syndrome
sudden death in chickens with hydropericardium and acute hepatocytic necrosis; caused by group I avian adenovirus, possibly in association with chicken anemia virus infection. Called also hydropericardium-hepatitis syndrome, inclusion body hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome, Angara disease.
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