shaggy pericardium


fi·brin·ous per·i·car·di·tis

acute pericarditis with fibrinous exudate.
See also: bread-and-butter pericardium.
Synonym(s): hairy heart, pericarditis villosa, shaggy pericardium

shaggy pericardium

A condition occurring in fibrinous pericarditis in which loose shaggy deposits of fibrin are seen on the surfaces of the pericardium.See also: pericardium