Chronic constrictive pericarditis. A case report and review of the literature.
Actinomycosis is typically a chronic infection of the cervicofascial, thoracic, or abdominal region. Involvement of the heart occurs but is unusual. We present a case of chronic constrictive pericarditis caused by actinomycetes. The actinomycosis infection was present for 20 years, thereby representing the longest duration reported in the literature, to our knowledge.
Nahass
R G
RG
Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Scholz
P
P
Mackenzie
J W
JW
Gocke
D J
DJ
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology