Neoplastic pericarditis represents approximately 5%-7% of the cases with acute pericarditis and is rarely the initial manifestation of malignancy. The most common cause is lung cancer, followed by breast cancer, lymphomas, leukemia, and esophageal cancer. Neoplastic pericardial disease is extremely rare in thyroid cancer, especially as the first manifestation. Here, we present a papillary thyro...

Pericarditis and myocarditis are diseases of a similar etiology clinical image, they often overlap. Depending on the manifestation, there is pericarditis with simultaneous involvement heart muscle (myopericarditis), or pericardial (perimyocarditis). The paper presents case young patient myopericarditis, attention to electrocardiographic image parameters myocardial damage.

INTRODUCTION Constrictive pericarditis is a heterogeneous disease with many causes. Traumatic hemopericardium is an uncommon initiating cause. We report the case of a man developing constrictive pericarditis after blunt chest trauma, in order to highlight an approach to diagnosing the condition and to raise awareness of the possibility of this condition developing after blunt trauma. CASE PRE...

1459 daily during at least 6 months in cases of recurrent pericarditis and during 3 months in cases of first episodes of pericarditis. Our results were recently reported,4 and they confirm the findings of Guindo et all and Rodriguez de la Serna et al.2 Eleven patients with recurrent pericarditis were included in the study. Previous treatments (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in 10 patients...

The complications of staphylococcal septicaemia are many and varied, according to the age group affected. In the adult, acute bacterial endocarditis, pneumonia (which may be further complicated by acute pyogenic pericarditis), osteomyelitis and focal abscess formation in the liver, spleen, kidney and brain may all occur. In childhood, staphylococcal pneumonia with its attendant danger of pyopne...

The complications of staphylococcal septicaemia are many and varied, according to the age group affected. In the adult, acute bacterial endocarditis, pneumonia (which may be further complicated by acute pyogenic pericarditis), osteomyelitis and focal abscess formation in the liver, spleen, kidney and brain may all occur. In childhood, staphylococcal pneumonia with its attendant danger of pyopne...

TOPIC: Signs and Symptoms of Chest Diseases TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Pericarditis may not always present with definitive symptoms. This case examines the best utilization diagnostic imaging tests used to confirm pericarditis, as well most effective treatment regimen. CASE PRESENTATION: A 26 year old female a history lupus presented emergency department worsening...

Diseases of the pericardium commonly manifest in one of three ways: acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis. In the developed world, the most common cause of acute pericarditis is viral or idiopathic disease, while in the developing world tuberculous aetiology, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, is commonplace owing to the high prevalence of HIV. This article pro...

[Indian J Tuberc 2005; 52:207-210] Summary: A 22-year male patient presented as bilateral chylous pleural effusion. There was no evidence of intra-abdominal or pulmonary pathology. Further investigation proved constrictive pericarditis as the most likely etiology. Patient underwent pericardiectomy by a cardio thoracic surgeon. The diagnosis was of tuberculous pericarditis. Patient responded to ...