Pericarditis with massive pericardial effusion: an unusual complication of primary biliary cirrhosis.
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) is a debilitating autoimmune condition associated with a constellation of extrahepatic inflammatory manifestations accentuating its morbidity and mortality. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion had been rarely associated with and inadequately characterized in PBC. We present a challenging case of inflammatory pericarditis and life-threatening massive pericardial effusion in a 49 year old patient with PBC. This complication should be more recognized and appropriately treated to avoid progression to cardiac tamponade.
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40202, USA. zataim01@louisville.edu
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Hatfield
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D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed