title: Constrictive pericarditis in a young patient with very thick pericardium initially diagnosed as cirrhosis.
abstract: Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a disease of pericardium that restricts filling of the heart. Patients with CP generally present to hospitals with exercise-induced dyspnea, pretibial edema and abdominal ascites, and it is sometimes mistakenly diagnosed as liver or renal disease. Pericardial thickening, which is defined as more than 4 mm in diameter, is observed in nearly 80% of patients. In the present paper, we describe a case of CP with a pericardial thickness of 12 mm that was initially diagnosed as cirrhosis.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Erdal
authors: E
authors: Durmus
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Sunbul
authors: Tarik
authors: T
authors: Kivrak
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Sari
authors: Bulent
authors: B
authors: Mutlu
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cirrhosis; constrictive pericarditis; thick