title: Pericardial Effusion and Adenosine Deaminase False Positivity Due to Parvovirus B19.
abstract: This case is presented to highlight that one of the causes for massive exudative pericardial effusion in a child may be parvovirus B19, and adenosine deaminase can be falsely positive in such patients.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, †Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Taliha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Öner
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ocak
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Telhan
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalgic
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000097:blood*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase