shaggy heart border

The shaggy heart border is a descriptive term referring to the ill definition of the cardiac silhouette on a chest radiograph. Due to its imprecise nature, some caution is advised against its use in radiological reports .

It usually implies pleural disease on the mediastinal interface and may result from a number of pathologies. Causes include:

• interstitial lung disease (e.g. asbestosis )
• pleural thickening 
  • benign
  • malignant
• infection
  • pertussis

Siehe auch:

• Asbestose
• malignant