Sentinel Case of Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus Causing Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting as Hypogammaglobulinemia

Primary pericardial mesothelioma presenting as constrictive pericarditis.

Primary pericardial mesothelioma is a rare tumour, often discovered late in a patient's clinical course or at autopsy. Antemortem diagnosis is usually made at the time of surgery. A patient who presented with what appeared to be viral pericarditis in October 1997 is reported. Recurrent symptoms prompted re-evaluation with echocardiography, chest computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ...

Constrictive pericarditis presenting as a large mediastinal mass causing functional tricuspid and pulmonary stenosis.

Rare images of tuberculous pericarditis causing constrictive pericarditis.

A 30-year old woman presented with complaints of chest pain, palpitation and echocardiographic findings of a constrictive cardiac haemodynamic pattern with calcification and thickening of the pericardium (Fig. 1). She underwent successful pericardiectomy. An intraoperative image of a typical caseification necrosis surrounding the whole pericardium, with a positive culture of mycobacterium tuber...

Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci causing pharyngitis.

Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci were isolated from the throats of 49 of 1,110 patients who had pharyngitis. Compared with patients whose throat cultures were negative for beta-hemolytic streptococci, those harboring group B were more likely to have enlarged tonsils (P less than 0.001), exudate (P less than 0.02), and tender enlarged anterior cervical lymph nodes (P less than 0.01). Group B ...

non-hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting as constrictive pericarditis: a rare case report

constrictive pericarditis (cp) is an uncommon post inflammatory disorder. it is described as pericardial thickening, myocardial constriction, and impaired diastolic filling. the most common etiologies are idiopathy, mediastinal radiotherapy, and prior cardiac surgery. less common etiologies include viral infections, collagen vascular disorders, renal failure, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and blun...