title: Pericarditis with tamponade due to cytomegalovirus in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: A 35-year-old male homosexual with AIDS presented with headache and fever and was found to have cryptococcal meningitis. During the patient's hospital course, his hemodynamic status deteriorated as a result of pericardial tamponade. Antemortem analysis of the fluid was unrevealing; however, postmortem examination of the pericardium revealed typical intranuclear inclusions of cytomegalovirus infection. Cytomegalovirus should be included in the differential diagnosis of pericardial effusion in patients with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Arsura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zappi
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications*