[A rare cause of pericardial disease].
Among cardiovascular diseases, pericardial disease has specific characteristics. Its etiology, diagnosis and medical management are not as well understood as in coronary and valvular heart disease. In most cases, its cause is benign, although the proportion decreases with more severe clinical presentation. The authors present the case of a 35-year-old man with no relevant past medical history, who went to the emergency department with what appeared to be an idiopathic case of acute pericarditis. However, over the following five months, there was an unfavorable evolution to constrictive pericarditis, requiring pericardiectomy. The final diagnosis was only made following surgery - a rare case of a primary pericardial tumor, a mesothelioma.
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Braga, Portugal. vlima-ramos@hotmail.com
Vítor
V
Ramos
Catarina
C
Vieira
Natália
N
Fernandes
Francisco
F
Nunes Gonçalves
Alberto
A
Salgado
Adelino
A
Correia
D000328:Adult; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology*; D010496:Pericardium