Pericarditis: complication of esophageal sclerotherapy. A report of three cases.
Three patients developed acute pericarditis while undergoing esophageal sclerotherapy for bleeding varices. One patient required pericardiocentesis and the other 2 patients had spontaneous resolution of the pericarditis. This previously unreported complication of sclerotherapy must be considered in the differential diagnosis of those patients who develop postsclerotherapy chest pain.
D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000009:adverse effects
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions