title: [Acute haemorrhagic pericarditis following influenza vaccination].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pericarditis following influenza vaccination is a rare complication. The few cases reported in the literature were all benign.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 87 year-old man developed a haemorrhagic pericarditis following an influenza vaccination. The outcome was rapidly favourable after surgical pericardiectomy followed by treatment with colchicine. In the absence of etiology, the hypothesis of post-vaccination pericarditis was proposed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite its low incidence, the hypothesis of post-vaccination pericarditis must be evoked. Diagnosis therefore relies on various arguments. Although usually benign, medical and surgical treatments were required in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Service de biologie, Hôpital d'Alès en Cévennes, Alès. godreuil@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godreuil
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Delhaume
authors.forename: Laetitia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Besset-Prat
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Blayac
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peyriere
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnet
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006074:Gout Suppressants; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D003078:Colchicine