Carditis complicating inflammatory bowel disease in children. Case report and review of the literature.
A 10-year-old child with ulcerative colitis is described who during the quiescent phase of his disease suffered from pericarditis with pleuropericardial effusion. The literature on cardiac involvement in inflammatory bowel disease is reviewed with emphasis on the paediatric age group.
Granot
E
E
Department of Paediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rottem
M
M
Rein
A J
AJ
D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography