title: [Cardiac tamponade and rheumatoid arthritis: medical approach or pericardiectomy?].
abstract: The authors report the case of a sixty-seven-year-old man with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis since 1967. After the treatment was discontinued, a symptomatic pericardial effusion developed during an exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. Histological findings suggested a rheumatoid origin. Consecutive pericardiocentesis and a concomitant adequate treatment resolved cardiac tamponade, at least during short-term follow-up. However, a long term observation will be necessary to exclude recurrent effusion or evolutive constrictive pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università degli Studi di Bologna.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cordioli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tondini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venturi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Puddu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bugiardini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010492:Pericardiectomy
vernacular_title: Tamponamento cardiaco e artrite reumatoide: approccio medico o pericardiectomia?