Two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of amoebic pericarditis. A case report.
A patient's pericardial effusion was confirmed by two-dimensional echocardiography, which also indicated an amoebic liver abscess as the source. The importance of routine liver scanning in investigation of pericardial effusion is emphasised.
D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*