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Malignant pleural mesothelioma with constrictive pericarditis as the first manifestation: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Pleural mesothelioma (PM) with pericardial involvement is extremely rare. We now report a rare case of malignant PM with constrictive pericarditis as the first presentation.
Cheng‐Peng He, Di‐Wei Tu, Ting‐Wei Zhang, Qian Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Di Kang, Ying‐Ying Wang, Ying‐Ying Li, Bin Zhang, Sha‐Sha Han, Hong‐Bo Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapy for Myhre Syndrome: Goals, Misconceptions, and Current Agents

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre Syndrome (MYHRS, MIM #139210) is a rare, multisystem connective tissue disorder caused by recurrent heterozygous gain‐of‐function pathogenic variants in the SMAD4 gene, a key player in TGF‐β signaling and a regulator of extracellular matrix homeostasis.
Alessandro De Falco, Alfonso Manuel D'Alessio, Nicola Brunetti‐Pierri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic constrictive pericarditis: a rare cardiac involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background Constrictive pericarditis represents a chronic condition and systemic inflammatory diseases are a known, yet uncommon, cause. Pericardial involvement is seldom reported in primary Sjögren’s syndrome, usually occurring in association with ...
Fabiana Duarte, Luís Oliveira, Tomás Fontes, Sância Ramos, Raquel Dourado, Dinis Martins   +5 more
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Review of the Molecular and Developmental Basis of Myhre Syndrome, Bench Research

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MS) is a connective‐tissue disorder within the acromelic dysplasia spectrum. It is characterized by congenital craniofacial, skeletal, cutaneous anomalies, respiratory, cardiovascular along with intellectual disability, deafness, and progressive fibrosis.
Camille Viaut, Valerie Cormier‐Daire
wiley   +1 more source

Idiopathic Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

, 2012
We herein describe the case of a 71-year-old man, who presented with clinical manifestations of congestive heart failure, in whom non-invasive imaging techniques played a decisive role in arriving at the correct diagnosis of effusive-constrictive ...
Papaspyropoulos, Anastasios, Andrikou, Eirini, Kalkandi, Eleni, Kranidis, Athanasios   +3 more
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Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 1999
To The Editor: The interesting case featured in “Images in Cardiovascular Medicine” in the March 3, 1998, issue of Circulation 1 illustrates how elusive the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis can be and demonstrates how important it is to perform a comprehensive 2-dimensional/Doppler echocardiographic examination on all patients referred to the ...
R B, McCully, S T, Higano, J K, Oh
openaire   +2 more sources

A Rare RIPK3 Variant Enhances Necroptosis and Promotes Inflammation in a Still Disease–Like Autoinflammatory Syndrome

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Still disease represents a prototypical polygenic systemic autoinflammatory disease, characterized by recurrent systemic inflammation and dysregulation of innate immunity. Despite extensive clinical characterization, familial clustering Still disease remains unreported.
Longfang Chen, Qihua Dai, Yu Xiao, Jialin Dai, Mengyan Wang, Yuning Ma, Yujie Shen, Zhimo Xu, Jianfen Meng, Xia Chen, Da Yi, Yue Sun, Hui Shi, Honglei Liu, Xiaobing Cheng, Yutong Su, Junna Ye, Huihui Chi, Zhuochao Zhou, Tingting Liu, Jialin Teng, Chengde Yang, Jinchao Jia, Qiongyi Hu   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chylous ascites due to constrictive pericarditis

, 2000
Chylous ascites due to constrictive pericarditis is an extremely rare clinical entity, possibly caused by the augmented lymph production and high impedance to lymph drainage due to central venous hypertension.
Guneri, S, Nazli, C, Mermut, C, Kinay, O, Kirimli, O, Hazan, E   +5 more
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Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Purulent pericarditis is an infectious disease, frequently caused by gram-positive bacteria, that is rarely observed in healthy individuals, and is often associated with predisposing conditions.
Ilenia Magnani, Alberto Spadotto, Pasquale Paolisso, Alberto Foà, Carlo Savini, Davide Pacini, Carmine Pizzi, Nazzareno Galiè   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a rare clinical entity that can pose diagnostic problems. The diagnosis of CP requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. The gold standard for diagnosis is cardiac catheterization with analysis of intracavitary pressure curves, which are high and, in end diastole, equal in all chambers.
Hossein Doustkami, Afshin Hooshyar, Nasrollah Maleki, Zahra Tavosi, Iraj Feizi   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources