title: [Ascites due to constrictive pericarditis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report a case in which ascites revealed chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) of tuberculous origin.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 65 year-old man had developed ascites the past over few weeks and oedema of the lower limbs. Treatment was surgical and consisted in pericardiectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronic constrictive pericarditis has become rare in industrialised countries with the reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis. Currently, its principle aetiologies identified are previous cardiac surgery and radiotherapy. Treatment is usually surgical and gives excellent results. This clinical case clearly illustrates the interest of systematic biological analysis of ascites, since it may reveal a curable disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de pathologie digestive, HIA Clermont Tonnerre, Brest Naval.
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Caumes
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cholet
authors.forename: Martial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richecoeur
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bire
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bergez
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peghini
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klotz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000382:microbiology*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004487:Edema / Q000382:microbiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome