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What Causes Bilateral Pleural Effusion: A Case Report [PDF]

The Clinical Respiratory Journal
Background Tuberculous pericarditis begins with fibrinous and hemorrhagic pericarditis, followed by pericardial effusion, then pericardial hypertrophy, which may turn into subacute or chronic stage, and partly develop into pericarditis.
Miaojuan Zhu, Shuaiyu Lin, Yifei Chen, Jiong Yang, Hanxiang Nie   +4 more
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A successfully treated case of primary purulent pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade and pneumopericardium [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2021
Acute pericarditis is caused by various factors, but purulent pericarditis is rare. Primary purulent pericarditis in immunocompetent hosts is very rare in the modern antibiotics era.
Jong Wook Beom, Yeekyoung Ko, Ki Yung Boo, Jae-Geun Lee, Joon Hyouk Choi, Seung-Jae Joo, Ji Hwan Moon, Su Wan Kim, Song-Yi Kim   +8 more
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Penggunaan Kortikosteroid pada Pasien Anak dengan Perikarditis Tuberkulosis.

Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia, 2021
Tuberculous pericarditis (TB pericarditis) is a disease that still frequently occurs in developing countries. The mortality rate due to TB pericarditis is still quite high, reaching 17-40%.
Novi Violona Edwar, Abi Andayu, Finny Fitry Yani   +2 more
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Constrictive pericarditis caused by viral myocarditis in children: a brief report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background Constrictive pericarditis is more common in adults and has a low incidence in children. Here is a case of coxsackie virus induced myocarditis in children, resulting in constrictive pericarditis.
Haiyan Lei, Dandan Wang, Haiyong Wang, Yuansheng Xu   +3 more
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Armored heart as an image of constrictive pericarditis - a review of the literature

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Pericarditis is diagnosed among 5% patients hospitalized due to chest pain. It is included in pericardial syndromes together with constrictive pericarditis, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Wojciech Wokurka, Agata Węgrzyniak, Dominik Drobek, Aleksandra Winiarz, Paula Szlendak, Katarzyna Toś, Kacper Wojtala, Michał Turek, Katarzyna Wąsala, Sylwia Grosman   +9 more
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Use of Anakinra in steroid dependent recurrent pericarditis: a case report and review of literature

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine are the cornerstone treatment for recurrent pericarditis. Corticosteroids are frequently used in patients with recurrent episodes of pericarditis.
Vinay Kumar Thallapally, Sonia Gupta, Sai Giridhar Gundepalli, Joseph Nahas   +3 more
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Proton beam therapy causing pericarditis – a rare case of radiation induced cardiotoxicity

Cardio-Oncology, 2022
Acute pericarditis is caused by the inflammation of the pericardium which can result in an effusion around the heart. Proton beam therapy causing radiation-induced pericarditis is not a well-known cause of pericarditis.
Rahul Gupta, Muling Lin, Gary M. Freedman, Deborah W. Sundlof, Cheri Silverstein Fadlon   +4 more
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Shortening of the PR interval in pericarditis after coronary bypass surgery [PDF]

Клиническая практика, 2022
Background: Pericarditis, following pericardiotomy, is a well-known complication of cardiac surgery. The diagnosis of postpericardiotomy pericarditis (PP) is based on the electrocardiography (ECG) changes the ST segment elevation in combination with a ...
David P. Dundua, Robert R. Khabazov, Nataly A. Hricheva   +2 more
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Problems of immunopathology and prospects for pharmacotherapy of idiopathic recurrent pericarditis: Using an interleukin 1 inhibitor (Anakinra)

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2023
Pericarditis, a clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation and thickening of the pericardium, is one of the most common forms of inflammatory diseases of the cardiovascular system.
E. L. Nasonov, Z. N. Sukmarova, T. V. Popkova, B. S. Belov   +3 more
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Case of tuberculous pericarditis presenting as a giant pericardial adhesion and masquerading as a pericardial tumour

South African Journal of Radiology, 2018
Chronic pericarditis characterised by adhesions between the parietal and visceral pericardium is called adhesive pericarditis. In South Africa, tuberculosis is the most common cause of chronic pericarditis.
Margaret E. Kisansa, Nndweleni M. Bida, Pule Mutati, Peter S. Ramoroko   +3 more
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