Cardiac tamponade in diarrhoea-positive haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
The spectrum of extra-renal involvement secondary to diarrhoeal (D+) haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) includes neurological, gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic and cardiac complications. Among the cardiac complications, myocardial injury has been more commonly reported with HUS. Literature is scarce on HUS-associated pericardial involvement. We report a HUS-induced significant pericardial effusion that resulted in a cardiac tamponade. We also discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of this complication.
Mohammed
Javed
J
Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital at London Health Science Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Filler
Guido
G
Price
April
A
Sharma
Ajay P
AP
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D019453:Escherichia coli O157; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood
D019210:Troponin I