Pericardiectomy for pleuropericardial effusion complicating bacterial pneumonia.
Severe pericardial effusion is a rare complication of bacterial pneumonia and it usually disappears under medical treatment. Herein we report a case of a girl with a congenital immunodeficient syndrome and bacterial pneumonia, who developed recurrent and life-threatening pericardial effusion refractory to medical treatment. She was finally treated with pericardiectomy.
Quarti
Andrea
A
Department of Congenital and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, 60128 Ancona, Italy.
de Benedictis
Fernando Maria
FM
Soura
Elli
E
Pozzi
Marco
M