Acute recurrent pericarditis accompanied by graves' disease.
The etiology of acute pericarditis is often thought to be autoimmune, and Graves' disease has been reported in a few series to manifest as acute pericarditis. Since the etiology of recurrent pericarditis is known to be more associated with autoimmune causes, recurrent acute pericarditis may be a potential cardiovascular complication of Graves' disease. We report a case of recurrent acute pericarditis that was presumed to be associated with Graves' disease which was controlled after management of the problem of the thyroid.
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Eun Hee
EH
Koo
Sung Min
SM
Kim
Sun Mi
SM
Park
Ji Won
JW
Park
Eun Kyoung
EK
Kim
Ga Yeon
GY
Lee
Sung-A
SA
Chang
Sang-Chol
SC
Lee
Yeon Hyeon
YH
Choe