[Acute haemorrhagic pericarditis following influenza vaccination].
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.
Godreuil
Sylvain
S
Service de biologie, Hôpital d'Alès en Cévennes, Alès. godreuil@yahoo.fr
Delhaume
Olivier
O
Besset-Prat
Laetitia
L
Blayac
Jean-Pierre
JP
Peyriere
Hélène
H
Bonnet
Pierre
P
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
D006074:Gout Suppressants; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D003078:Colchicine