One Case of Acute Fluid Pericarditis and Hyperthyroidism at Teaching Hospital of Bouake (Ivory Coast): Cause-Effect Relationship or Accidental Association?

Cardiovascular complications during hyperthyroidism are dominated by arrhythmias, heart failure and coronary disease. Pericardial effusion which is a common complication of hypothyroidism extremely rare in hyperthyroidism. We report the case 45-year-old woman admitted for management pleuro-pericarditis associated with atrial fibrillation context cardiothyreosis. The treatment consisted pericardial puncture synthetic anti-thyroid drugs anti-tuberculosis positive clinical echocardiographic outcomes.