Liver disease from asymptomatic constrictive pericarditis.
Congestive hepatopathy is a known complication of cardiac disease and is typically identified in the context of an established cardiac diagnosis and profound cardiopulmonary symptoms. We report the case of a 28-year-old man with liver disease secondary to asymptomatic constrictive pericarditis. This case highlights the need for gastroenterologists to consider occult cardiac disease as a cause of unexplained liver dysfunction.
Sheth
Anish A
AA
Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Lim
Joseph K
JK
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*