title: A case of giant cell arteritis with massive pericardial effusion.
abstract: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the medium and large blood vessels. The early symptoms of this disease are nonspecific, and pericardial effusion is a rare manifestation of GCA. Recently, we investigated a case of GCA in which massive pericardial effusion was the initial symptom, and active aortitis was observed on positron emission tomography with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose. These observations indicated that pericardial effusion could occur in patients with GCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-chou, Kamogawa, Chiba 296-8602, Japan. yuyam@kameda.jp
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsue
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nagahori
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D008775:Methylprednisolone