title: Refractory uraemic pleuropericarditis treated successfully with corticosteroid therapy.
abstract: Uraemic pleuritis and pericarditis are frequently observed in chronic renal failure patients and tend to improve with continued haemodialysis. However, certain cases have been reported that do not respond to continued haemodialysis alone. A 67-year-old female on long-term haemodialysis was diagnosed with uraemic pleuropericarditis and treated with intensive haemodialysis and given a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug to which she showed no response. We report a case of uraemic pleuropericarditis refractory to traditional therapy, which was treated successfully with corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine , CHA University , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: So-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine , CHA University , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: Gi-Youn
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine , CHA University , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Gu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine , CHA University , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine , CHA University , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: pericarditis; pleuritis; refractory; uraemic