Patients with a complete absence of pericardium require no intervention as they are mostly asymptomatic. Due to the risk of herniation, patients with partial absence of pericardium tend to present with symptoms and may benefit from treatment. We report a case of an elderly patient who presented for severe colitis and was incidentally found to have a partial absence of the pericardium on the right side of the heart.
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