Endoscopic pericardial fenestration for a patient with sustained lupus pericarditis.

Tuberculous Pericarditis Causing Severe Pericardial Effusion: A Case Study

Aims Tuberculous pericarditis is present in only one to two percent of the tuberculosis cases, i.e. considered rare. The disease is responsible for 4% and 7% of acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade cases, respectively. Moreover, these conditions are associated with hazardous side effects. Thus, timely and precise diagnosis of the disease could prevent such complications. Case report We rep...

Localized pericardial inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Regional or localized pericarditis has been infrequently reported. We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who presented with retrosternal pleuritic-type chest pain without audible friction rub, electrocardiographic changes or detectable pericardial effusion on echocardiography. Computed tomography, however, revealed a circumscribed area of pericardial inflammation, suggest...

Salmonella pericarditis and pericardial effusion in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus on haemodialysis.

Pericardial effusion and mitral valve involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Echocardiographic study.

Echocardiography was used in 30 women and 2 men with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in order to determine the incidence and severity of pericardial effusion and mitral valve involvement. 31 patients showed normal thickness of the mitral valve leaflets, only one patient showed irregular thickening of the leaflets suggesting the presence of vegetations. Mitral valve motions were normal in all...

[Rapidly progressive fatal interstitial lung disease in a patient with an overlap syndrome of systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis].

A 31-year-old woman with a prior history of an overlap syndrome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) developed fever, pericarditis with pericardial effusion and a rapidly progressive fatal interstitial lung disease. Diagnostic test and procedures, differential diagnosis and therapeutic approach are discussed.