title: Acute pericarditis associated with hepatitis B infection.
abstract: Patients infected with hepatitis B have demonstrated a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations other than hepatitis. Immune complex formation has been proposed as a possible mechanism for such varied disease presentations. The present report describes a case in which acute pericarditis is associated with hepatitis B surface antigen-positive disease. Speculations are made relating the pericardial changes to the formation of immune complexes following hepatitis B virus infection.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens