Cytomegalovirus hemopericarditis. Report of 1 case with histologic confirmation.
An otherwise healthy woman presented cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection with an haemorrhagic pericardial effusion. This disease was successfully treated by a pericardial window and corticoid administration. CMV antibody titers and observation of CMV inclusions in the pericardial biopsy (fig. 1) confirmed the infection by CMV.
D000368:Aged; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*