[Constrictive pericarditis complicating quiescent rheumatoid arthritis (author's transl)].
A brief report is given of an extremely rare case of pericardial constriction in a patient with quiescent sero-negative rheumatoid arthritis. Pericardectomy was only partially completed as it was impossible to divide the bands joining the peri- and epicardium.
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014465:Ultrasonics
Péricardite constrictive compliquant une polyarthrite rhumatoïde biologiquement stabilisée.