Pericardial effusion complicating psittacosis infection.
A 13-year-old schoolboy developed a moderately large pericardial effusion during the course of infection with psittacosis. The value of echocardiography in differentiating between pericardial effusion and myocarditis is shown.
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000150:complications*