Pericarditis, usually viral in origin, is an infrequent cause of chest pain. Pericarditis due to drug allergy is even less frequent and is thus rarely considered in the differential diagnosis. A case is reported of a woman who presented with severe chest pain, caused by minocycline induced pericarditis. Such allergy may be more common than reported. It is suggested that drug induced pericarditi...

Pericardial disorders constitute a relatively common cause of heart research. Recently, two more interventions have been added to the disease accounting for 0.1–0.2% of all hospital admissions (Kytö et al., 2014; Lange and Hillis, 2004). From a clinical point of view pericardial syndromes encompass acute pericarditis (including relapses in the setting of recurrent forms), chronic constrictive p...

BACKGROUND Malignancy is the most common cause of effusive pericarditis with a haemodynamically significant amount of pericardial fluid. Early diagnosis and management of malignant pericarditis may significantly improve outcomes. AIM To evaluate retrospectively the rate and clinical presentation of malignant pericarditis among patients undergoing invasive treatment, with a view to identificat...

Weir, E. K., and Joffe, H. S. (1977). Thorax, 32, 438-443. Purulent pericarditis in children: an analysis of 28 cases. Bacterial pericarditis was diagnosed in 28 children under the age of 13 years during a five-year period at one hospital. The diagnosis was established clinically in 26 cases; in two the condition was first recognised at necropsy. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 22 patient...

Hospital Physician January 2008 P urulent (or suppurative) pericarditis is defined as an infection of the pericardial space that produces pus that is found on gross examination of the pericardial sac or on tissue microscopy. In most cases, pericardial infection does not produce a purulent effusion. Viral infection, which together with “idiopathic” pericarditis account for 90% of pericarditis ca...

Background Recurrence affects about 30% (20% to 50%) of patients within 18 months after the initial episode of acute pericarditis resulting in subsequent rehospitalizations. Bearing in mind high treatment costs of patients admitted to hospital with acute and recurrent pericarditis, there is a need to optimize the treatment of both of these conditions. Materials and methods We present a case o...

yellow nail syndrome (yns) is an uncommon condition characterized by nail changes, lymphedema, in addition to pulmonary disorders and pleural effusion. pericarditis and non-cardiac disorders can evolve with pericardial effusions including autoimmune conditions, hypothyroidism, malignancies, tuberculosis, and uremia. a 72-year-old brazilian woman under treatment for arterial hypertension and hyp...

Pericarditis, a clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation and thickening of the pericardium, is one most common forms inflammatory diseases cardiovascular system. The severe complication acute pericarditis idiopathic recurrent (IRP), which has poor prognosis associated with risk cardiac tamponade constrictive pericarditis. pathogenesis complex interaction environmental factors, genetic pr...

Background Recurrent pericarditis is known to be a clinical feature in numerous inflammatory and infectious diseases. However, in the majority of cases, recurrent pericarditis appears to be idiopathic. The optimal regimen for preventing recurrence is not established; treatment modalities include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, colchicine and other immunomodulato...

A 48 year old man with amoebic pericarditis did not improve after pericardiocentesis. Facilities for echocardiography and haemodynamic studies were not available. Cardiac compression was suspected and at emergency pericardiectomy subacute effusive constrictive amoebic pericarditis was found. The patient recovered. This is believed to be the first report of a case of subacute effusive constricti...