[Acute pericarditis in a sclerodermic patient at the 27th week of pregnancy].
A 31-year-old women with a limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis (ISSc), developed chest pain at the 27th week of pregnancy, with electric pathognomonic signs of pericarditis. As there was no evidence of another etiology than ISSc, (oral) aspirin and (oral) prednisolone were successively administered and the patient's condition improved rapidly.
Biholong
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles. biholong2000@yahoo.fr
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D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001241:Aspirin; D008775:Methylprednisolone